Ndukwu Asoegwu 2010 Functional performance of a vertical shaft centrifugal palm nut cracker Res Agr Eng 56 77 83 A vertical shaft centrifugal palm nut cracker was presented and evaluated The cracker efficiency and kernel breakage ratio are some of the most important parameters for evaluating the cracker performance From the result of
PERFORMANCE EVALUATION OF A PALM KERNE NUT CRACKING MACHINE S B UDO 1 S B ADEJUYIGBE2 S O ISMAILA2 AND A F ADISA3 1Industrial Maintenance Engineering Department Yaba College of Technology
different moisture content of palm nuts and four levels of machine speed at an average feed rate of 450kg/hr Test result showed that the machine gave its best work performance at 1480 rpm machine speed and with palm nuts of % db moisture content The cracker efficiency and kernel breakage ratio are some of the most
its final products In areas where a palm nut cracking machine exists they are usually too expensive for local processors to afford as most of the machines are imported due to the lack/short supply of locally fabricated palm nut cracking machine Ismail et al [2] developed and improved palm kernel shelling and sorting machine with
Isometric view of the palm nut cracker Source Sam 2017 Working Principles of the Machine The machine was put into operation by starting the electric motor which provides the required
nut on the cracking ring with the nut cracking on im pact The palm nuts used were collected from the wild palm plantation around the university and made up a mixture of ternara and dura species of palm nut Force analysis of palm nut cracker The speed of the shaft is greatly affected by the verti cal load on the centre of the shaft F 1
The main objective of the work is to develop a machine that will crack palm kernel and separate kernel nut from the shell The specific objectives are 1 To design a palm kernel cracking machine 2 To construct the palm kernel cracking machine 3 To evaluate the performance of the palm kernel cracker Justification of the study
This developed and produced palm kernel cracking and separating machine This is geared towards eliminating the drudges involved in cracking and separating palm kernel by the rural farmers The machine was modeled with solidworks version 2010 Mathematical design was carried out to help select materials that will be adequate to withstand the stress during
Efficient separation of cracked palm nut shell from kernel has been an age long industrial problem To a large extent this has hindered the production of palm kernel in large quantities to satisfy the yearnings of agro allied processing and manufacturing industries Experiments were performed on cracking and separation of palm kernel from the shell by
Article history Received April 18 2017 Accepted January 4 2018 Experimental studies of some properties influencing cracking and separation of palm kernel from the shell was conducted in a palm kernel dual processing machine A mechanical cracking cum separating machine was developed for the study The cracking unit consists of feed hopper impeller shaft
Abstract The Palm kernel cracker is a machine used for cracking palm nuts by palm fruit farmers and palm fruit products related industries The conventional palm kernel cracker which uses a long rotating hammer for cracking nuts was discovered to be less efficient since it misses any nut that is not in its line of action or axis
It is obtained after the removal of soft oily mesocarp during palm oil extraction The shape and size of the oil palm nut vary and the sphericity of the nut ranges from to [5][6] [7] Study
Abstract The Palm kernel cracker is a machine used for cracking palm nuts by palm fruit farmers and palm fruit products related industries The conventional palm kernel cracker which uses a long rotating hammer for cracking nuts was discovered to be less efficient since it misses any nut that is not in its line of action or axis
and evaluated a palm nut pulp consisting of a cake breaker angular separator the hopper 3Hp electric motor the frame the separating unit and palm nut and pulp discharging units Also Elechi et al 2010 designed and fabricated a palm nut horizontal shaft rotary cracker to improve on the efficient performance of palm nut processes
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impact nut cracker uses centrifugal action to crack the nut Ndukwu and Asoegwu 2010 The effective separation of the cracked palm nut mixture is an important process in the utilization of the constituent palm kernel and the shell in some existing and emerging agro economy The kernels are not useful
The result shows that there were significant difference p ≤ among the moisture content of the palm nuts shaft speed of the machine and weight feed rate having a significant difference between moisture content of the palm nut and the shaft speed of the cracker; moisture content and feed rate; shaft speed and feed rate
the palm nut cracker Plate 1 Pictorial view of the palm nut cracking machine Design Considerations Some of the factors which were taken into account while designing the palm nut cracker are as described i Crop factors such
Furthermore Ikrang et al crack all cultivar nuts of the oil palm and with minimal 2019 opined that nut fracturing machine efficiency of a palm nut cracker is about 90% with a moisture content of the palm nut been % However the optimum quantity of moisture was not established for each palm nut cultivars
Palm Nut is very hard in nature and very tough to break manually with hand; hence in industrial production of palm oil a palm nut cracker machine that is able to break the palm nuts into the small
