Innovative Okro Slicing Machine Design and Manufacturing

摘要

The design, kinematics and the dynamic analysis of an okro slicing machine are necessary because of the labour intensive, time wasting, explosive to knife cutter, and other numerous problems imposed by manual slicing of the crop. The materials used for the design were sourced locally. Stainless steel materials were selected for the design because of its recommendation by the standard food organization. The material does not corrode and contaminate food. Standard methods were used to evaluate the design. Mathematical methods were used to determine the kinematics and dynamics of the conveying system of the machine. The machine design specifications considered include; 8 blade, one cutting disc, blade spacing of 5mm-10mm, Okro shield thickness of 10mm; an electric motor rating of 0.5 horsepower single phase; motor speed of 1440rpm., Machine Capacity of 30.06 kg/hr. Kinematic and dynamic analysis of the screw conveyor system was also carried out.