Ensure that all components are in good working order and well-lubricated. Here are some key things to keep in mind when using a Plantain slicing machine:īefore use, carefully inspect the machine for damaged or worn-out parts. The Plantain slicing machine is made of high-quality materials, including stainless steel and other durable metals, making it a robust and long-lasting piece of equipment. The slicing machine is straightforward, requiring minimal training to operate effectively. The Plantain slicing machine has safety guards that protect users from accidental injury during operation. The Plantain slicing machine has a powerful motor that drives the blades at high speeds, enabling significant production capacity and fast processing of large plantains. The Plantain slicing machine features sharp blades that precisely cut the plantains, ensuring consistent and uniform sizes throughout the batch. The following are some of the critical features of a Plantain slicing machine: Characteristics of Plantain slicing machine: The Plantain slicing machine is also helpful for restaurants, supermarkets, and other food service establishments where plantains are commonly used in recipes. The Plantain slicer machine is commonly used in the food processing industry to process large batches of plantains. The Plantain slicing machine is designed to cut plantains into uniformly sized pieces quickly and easily. The result of the study shows that the machine can slice root and tuber crops satisfactorily with slices ranging from 8 mm to 9 mm thickness were obtained.Introduction of Plantain slicing machine: The machine is therefore observed to perform best at the optimum operating speed of 41 rpm for all the crops selected except carrot. A throughput capacity of 135.7 kg/h at a speed of 41 rpm and efficiency of 96% was obtained for yam. Best result for small and medium size grade of onion we achieved at speed of 41 rpm with capacities and efficiencies of 44.6 kg/h, 71.6 kg/h, 91.7% and 96.4% respectively. Medium and large size samples gave good result for potato at a speed of 41 rpm with capacities and efficiencies of 72.8 kg/h, 88.9 kg/h, 97.9% and 94.8% respectively. A speed of 46 rpm was found to favour the slicing of large size crops only, while a throughput capacity of 48.9 kg/h and efficiency of 95.4% were obtained for carrot. The parameters that were investigated were slicing efficiency and throughput capacity. The performance of the machine was evaluated in slicing four selected crops (carrot, potato, onion and yam), grouped into three sizes (small, medium and large) at five machine speeds of 39 rpm, 41 rpm, 43 rpm, 46 rpm and 48 rpm respectively. The machine is powered by a three-phase, 1400 rpm, and 2 kW electric motor. The major components of the machine include the hopper, mainframe, conveying disc, slicing unit, slicing shaft, idler shaft, pulley, bearing, electric motor base and outlet. The objectives of this research was met as the machine has the capacity to produce plantain chips of uniform size in shorter time and a greater slicing efficiency of up to 96.84% while keeping the cost of the machine at an affordable price.Ī multi-crop slicing machine was designed, fabricated and evaluated for performance. This research focused on design and fabrication of motorized / power operated plantain slicer to meet the raising demands for plantain chips in Nigeria. They must hold the mandolin over the fryer so the plantains will fall in, which causes splashing of the boiling hot oil that occasionally hits and injures the worker. This development is very uncomfortable and tasking on the workers. These presents health hazards to both the worker, who may develop infections from their injuries, and customers who may consume an unsanitary product. Because of the rapid pace at which they slice plantain and the absence OF hand gloves on the workers, accidents are very often unavoidable. Worker will hold up to eight plantains in one hand and rapidly slice them using a wooden mandolin. After peeling, they must be sliced into discs to fry into chips.
PLANTAIN PEELER AND SLICER SKIN
Plantain has a large amount of sap and this causes the skin to adhere to the fruit inside. The biggest obstacle towards attaining self-sufficiency in the production of plantain chips is the intensity of labor involved and the tediousness of the process which often culminate into prolonged production time. Shops are only able to fulfill approximately two-thirds of the demand. In Nigeria, plantain chips are in high demand and this demand is not being met by most small scale food industries and shops due to some critical factors.
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