Abstract

It has become critical to build a de-stoning machine that can be used in our homes whenever we need it. As a result, the goal of this research was to develop and build a wet-method household rice destoning equipment. The design was built utilizing locally accessible materials and was based on the notion of material separation using water as a medium of separation. A reservoir, hopper, de-stoning chamber, washing chamber, impeller, water filter, and brush drum make up the machine. The produced machine was powered by a 1 horsepower variable electric motor that communicated the rotating motion of the driving pulley to the driven pulley, which was supported by bearings, through a V-belt. The machine was built and tested, and it was discovered that 2kg/10minutes and 20.04kg/hour of processed rice were destoned at a de-stoning speed of 400rpm, which is the optimal speed for maximum speed separation. The destoning machine's effectiveness in terms of stone removal is approximately approaching 100 percent free of impurities, making it ideal for residential usage. This discovery elucidates the potential to deal with the challenges of stone removal from locally produced rice using hand and manual method, which are inefficient, time and energy wastage, it acts as a rice processing industry innovation.

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