DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF GROUNDNUT POD SEPARATOR MACHINE

Abstract

Agriculture is the backbone of India. In country like India, the yield of groundnuts is very low. The serious issue in groundnut production in India is the absence of groundnut handling machines accessible or the machines which are accessible in market are expensive to farmers. Before all else, the pods of groundnut were isolated from its plants by workers. They just eliminate groundnut pods with the assistance of their hands and separate them from the plants. The yield got from this strategy, was exceptionally low since it was an extremely tedious process. It was additionally a disappointing work for the workers. The customary strategy for isolating groundnut pods from plants is by hands. That conventional strategy is anything but an adequate technique for isolating groundnut pods. To conquer this manual tedious and disappointed interaction MGIRI's REI (Rural Energy and Infrastructure Department) has created single phase electrically worked "Groundnut Pod Separating machine" The machine has the capacity of isolating 400 kg of groundnut each hour with isolating efficiencies of 90% and 95%. The machine is created from locally sourced materials, which makes it exceptionally modest and effectively reasonable and furthermore, an upkeep cost of the machine is extremely low. It comprises of two turning rotors, 1HP single phase motor and separator to remove soil and gather the groundnuts.