International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Volume: 04 Issue: 03 | Mar -2017
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Review Paper on Semi Automatic Chips Machine Kamlesh Pradhan1, Amar Dandale2, Akshay Dhenge3, Prof. Ritesh Banpurkar4 1Student,
Department Mechanical Engineering, Student, Department Mechanical Engineering, 3Student, Department Mechanical Engineering, 4Professor, Department Mechanical Engineering, 1234Abha Gaikwad-Patil College of Engineering, Nagpur, Maharashtra, Indi ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------2
Abstract - In the automation of the production process for food industry, especially for the potato chip manufacturing, the concept of potato chips cutter is used and utilized for the fulfilment of modern process. In the rural area specially in Maharashtra region where the production of potato is more, this depart the fact that, the small industries are based on such type of activities which requires some skill for increased rate of cutting of chips, with minimum effort, that can be reduce the chances of cutting by sharp edges of the cutter to the operator, which then passes for frying division and reduce the chance while burns with oils. This electrically operated device that cut potatoes into thin slices of thickness 2.0mm approximately, suitable for frying and baking as potato chips. The capacity of mechanism is 60 kg of potato per hour. Locally and easily available materials like cast iron, mild steel and stainless steel are used for the fabrication. This machine allows in its simplicity of design and modest cost with the ability to generate thin uniform slices of the potatoes. Key Words: Cutting edges. Production rate of slices, potato chip 1.INTRODUCTION
Potato (Solanum Tuberosum) is starchy, tuberous crop of the solanaceas family, semi perishable in nature, contains about 80% water and 20% dry matter. Potato is popularly known as “the king of vegetable”, because the dry matter, edible protein content of potato makes it nutritionally superior vegetable as well as staple food not only in our country but also also throughout the world. It is cultivated in 23 states in India. During 1993-2020 demand for potato is expected to rise by 40 per cent worldwide. The indicates a clear opportunity to capture the huge domestic and international market of potato by producing value added potato product. The chips and other snack foods in the world account for overall turnover of $ 2.2 billion dollar considering 70 manufacturing and technology research center in the world. Also the quality of chips plays a vital role in the hotel management. Due to uneven thickness of the slices arising from improper tools a lot of wastage of vegetable is happening leading to loss of productivity and other © 2017, IRJET
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miscellaneous damages to vegetable. The production of potatoes in India was 40,476.30 thousand metric tonnes in 2010-2011 from a total area of 1893.90 thousand hectare India ranks fourth in area and third in global potato production. It produces around 8 % of the world’s total produce. The simplest mode of processing the potato is conversion into chips. Potato slicing machines are either manually or electrically powered. In any of the cases, the machine consists of a knife or set of knives arranged in a particular pattern to meet the need of the operations it is intended to perform. In the previous method (manual cutting), process is tedious and time consuming, while in the later method, equipments save cutting time but the cost of these equipments, the energy required for their operation & their large size makes them insignificant for their use in small scale industries. Improved processing requires use of tools and techniques that are reliable, efficient, labor saving, safe, simple, and cost effective. The potato slicing machine is simple workable and efficient machine, which can be adopted to reduce mechanical energy input in potato processing and also to improve product quality. The potato of size 2 to 3cm cut by the slicing wheel operated by electric motor when the force is applied on the potato. 2.LITERATURE REVIEW Roshan M. Hatwar, Kunal T. Rahandale, Mohan G. Trivedi, “Concept, Design and Development of Semi Automated Potato Slicing Machine” The design of the semi-automated potato chips machine is based on the technical idea of the combination of rotary and longitudinal motion produced by electric motor and leverage mechanism, blade angle and the rotation of the wheel provides required slices thickness. The machine is simple to operate and easy to fabricate. This machine allows in its simplicity of design and modest cost with the ability to generate thin uniform slices. The capacity of machine is 60kg/h and 2.0mm thickness of chips.
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