Abstract

Raw mangoes in India are mostly used as pickles and chutneys. Pickles are prepared in almost every Indian house and also commercially and famous within country. The developed manually operated raw mango cutting machine consists of the main frame, tray, cutting unit having cutting blades, cutter guide, handle, pedal lever and spout. The machine was easy to operate with higher output capacity of 400kg/day with 54 per cent labour saving over traditional tool. The blades of the machine were made by stainless steel, so after cutting no blackish colour was observed on cutting portion of raw mango. The average of 10 subjects for overall discomfort rate of raw mango cutting machine was found to be 3.70 and 4.90 for first and second test, respectively.

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