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Abstract:-The design of a modernized cassava peeling II and III. In model I, an oil drum was punched about two
machine was carried out in this paper. The principles of third millimeter diameter holes per square cm of its surface
engineering design and application using a motorized and eccentrically mounted on shaft with 200mm by
screw mechanism of helical metal wires were adopted on a 150mmopening which was made to load cassava inside the
rigid shaft powered by an electrical motor of 1 Hp and drum. Cassava tubers and a predetermined quantity of some
applied in the design of the peeling chamber which is inert materials such as quartziferous pebbles of 3.2-4.8mm
cylindrical in shape. The peeling drum was designed with hard quarry stones are loaded into the drum which was rotated
1.5 mm thick steel flat sheet. The total mass of cassava per at 40r.p.m. The rubbing action of the pebbles on the cassava
batch in the peeling drum was designed to be 20 kg with tuber removed the bark thereby leaving the cassava peeled.
weight of 196.2 N occupied in a peeling chamber of volume There is uniform peeling in this process. Water is being
0.978136m3. For 30 minutes of peeling, the peeling force sprayed to wash the finely abraded peels to prevent fouling
required, is 8.437N when the velocity is 25.31m/s. The and dulling of the abrasive surface as discussed by Odigboh
(1983). In model II , according to Odigboh (1983), balls of
torque made by the shaft at the peeling chamber is 2.374
expanded metals were used to replace the pebbles. Model III,
Nm and torsional stress of the shaft was found to be 6.88 x
had four abrasive cylinders of expanded metal mounted inside
105 N/m2. The efficiency of the machine was designed to be
the main peeling drum driven by a planetary gear arrangement
80% at a power output of 42.28 Watt.
made to rotate about their axes at four times the r.p.m of the
main drum and rotated at 40 r.p.m. Odigboh (1983).
Keywords:-Modernized Cassava Peeling Machine, Screw
Mechanism.
The design of cassava peeling machine using an abrasive
mechanism has been carried out by Alhassan et.al, (2018). In
I. INTRODUCTION
the design consideration of the cassava peeler, the quality of
Cassava is a dicotyledonous perennial plant whose tuber the food as well as the longevity of the material for use in
is very useful in the world especially in the African Continent fabrication was put into consideration (Alhassan et.al, 2018).
In consideration for preservation of the quality of food, the
where it is utilized in the production of starch, garri, akpu,
fabrication materials to be selected should not contaminate the
semo, floor, animal feed etc. The processing of cassava tuber
food and must possess properties capable of resisting
to these products requires the removal of the tuber bark and
the process of cassava peeling is always applied. There are corrosion, wear and tear. The affordability and local
many peeling methods which can be applied to remove the availability of materials as well as the strength of the material
cassava tuber’s bark through a process known as peeling for construction must be considered (Alhassan et.al, 2018).
namely: manual peeling by humans (using knife), chemical The physical and chemical properties of the cassava tuber to
peeling (using hot solution of sodium hydroxide to loosen and be peeled were given due consideration such as the specific
weight, density, size, impact, tensile and compressive strength
soften the skin) according to Igbeka, 1985, and mechanical
(Alhassan et.al, 2018). Experimental procedure by Alhassan
peeling using machines. The use of machines in peeling of
cassava is always faster and saves time in processing of large et.al, 2018 has shown that slow speed rotation of 58 r.p.m with
number of cassava tubers. 2.5,8.7 and 12.5 kg feed rate led to an improved peeling action
when peeling was performed at this speed. It was practically
observed that a slow speed favours the machine operation and
The design of cassava peeling machine has been carried
out by some African scholars but the industrial application of this was achieved using a reduction gear (Alhassan et.al,
these designs over the years have proven some difficulty 2018). The percentage Peeling efficiency (PE) can be
especially in handling of cassava tubers with varying sizes and estimated as the ratio of the mass of cassava to be peeled in a
shapes using either the screws method, abrasives method or batch in unit time to the mass fraction g, of the peeled cassava
the attritions method. Odigboh (1983) has developed three expressed in percentage(Abdulkadir, 2012).
models of cassava peeling machine which was called model I,
The force required for peeling the cassava tuber, FP is Angle of wrap,
given as = 180° 2 Sin-1 ( )
r = radius of small pulley
FP = = 8.437N R = radius of big pulley
= distance between the two pulleys
Belt design V= Velocity ratio of the driving pulley to the driven pulley is
In the belt design, an applicable equation is given by
2.3log ( ) = 𝜇 ,is applied, d1N1 = d2N2
where, = angle of wrap of open belt. Velocity ratio of the pulley = = … (6)
µ= co-efficient of frictionT1 tension in the tight side of
T2= tension in the slack side of the belt.
= distance between the pulley Pulley of shaft (peeler) Where N1 = Number of revolution of electric motor
N2 = Number f revolution of the shaft at peeler.
d2 = 290mm
For cross belt, angle of contact is given by, Velocity ratio of the pulley = = 0.38
N2 = N1 d1 = 3000 110 = 330r.p.m.
Sin = ... (4)
Let power transmitted by the belt be P, where the belt speed be
V.
= P = (T1–T2) . V … (7)
3.142
Where, σ = the stress of the material of the belt and = 2.374 = × 𝜏 × 1.7576 x 10-5
16
the acceleration of the belt.
The Length of belt, L can be determined by, 2.374×16
𝜏=
3.142×1.7576×10−5
L = (r2 + r1 ) + 2 + ( )
(Khurmi& Gupta 2008) 37.984
𝜏 = 5.52×10−5
L = 3.142 (145 + 55) + 2(800) + ( )
37.984×105
L = (3.142 1810.125) mm 𝜏= 5.52
L = 5726.3mm 𝜏 = 6.88 × 105 N/𝑚2
The torsional shear stress of the shaft, 𝜏 = 6.88× 105 N/𝑚2
Design of the shaft
Polar moment of inertia, J of the round solid shaft selected is Bending moment of the shaft
calculated according Khurmi & Gupta 2008. The shaft Let M be the bending moment of the shaft.
selected is 260 mm. Therefore, J is can be calculated as: The maximum torsional stress, 𝜏max has relationship with the
bending moment, M, the diameter of the shaft, d and the
𝜋
J = 32 × 𝑑4 (Khurmi & Gupta 2008) … (11) torque T,
𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1⁄2 √(𝛿𝑏)2 + 4𝜏 2
3.142 26 4
J=
32
× (1000 ) (Khurrmi & Gupta 2008) …. (13)
Where, 𝛿𝑏 is the bending stress (tensile or compressor)
3.142
J=
32
× (0.026)4 induced stress due to moment.
For 40C8 shaft material, 𝛿𝑏 = 320M𝑃𝑎
3.142
J= 32
× 4.57 × 10-7 𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1⁄2 √(320 × 106 )2 + 4 × (6.88 × 105 )2
14.36
𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1⁄2 √102400 × 1012 + 189.3376 × 1010
J= × 4.57 × 10-7 = 0.44875 × 10-7 = 4.49 × 10-8 𝑚4
32 𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1⁄2 √ 102400 × 1012 + √1.893376 × 1012
The twisting moment or torque made by the shaft, T is given 𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1⁄2 √102400 × 1012
by = 1.6 × 1014 N/m2
𝜋 But the bending moment of inertia M can be calculated from,
T=
16
× 𝜏 × d3 where 𝜏 is the torsional shear stress, and d is 2 2
the diameter of the shaft. 𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 = 1⁄2 √(32M
𝜋𝑑 3
16𝑇
) + (𝜋𝑑 3)
16
𝜏𝑚𝑎𝑥 = (√𝑀2 + 𝑇 2 ) …..(14)
Similarly, mean torque transmitted by the shaft, 𝜋𝑑 3
14 16
1.6 × 10 N/m2 = 3.142×1.7576×10−5
× √(𝑀2 + 2.374)
𝑃× 60
Tmean = … (12) 16 2
2𝜋𝑁 = × √𝑀 + 2.374
5.522×10−5
14
𝜋 1.6 × 10 N/m 2
= 2.897× 105 × √𝑀2 + 2.374
× 𝜏 × d3 = 𝑃× 60
16 2𝜋𝑁
1.6 ×1014
Where P is the power transmitted by the shaft = 1Hp = 2.897×105
= √𝑀2 + 2.374
746 𝑊𝑎𝑡𝑡
0.5522955× 1019 = √𝑀2 + 2.374
746 × 60
Tmean = 2 × 3.142 × 3000 5.522955× 1018 = √𝑀 2 + 2.374
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