Starch settling is one of the important processes in the manufacture of starch and sago. At present settling is done normally by 3 or 4 human labourers continuously trampling in the tank for 8 to 10 hours, thus making the process labour intensive, time consuming and most unhygienic. Therefore, a prototype mechanical stirrer was fabricated and field trials were conducted at Sago Industries. This mechanism has resulted in getting an efficient and faster settling of starch granules free from dust particles. The purity of starch was superior when compared to the manual method.
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