Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables
Fruit grater and peeler are needed in the processing of fruits in order to reduce the time required for fruits grating and peeling. Grating is important especially to make salad and for decoration purpose. A suitable grater is needed for specific decoration process. It is crucial for food (processin...
| Main Authors: | , , , , |
|---|---|
| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Academic Journals
2010
|
| Online Access: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13903/1/385-393.pdf |
| _version_ | 1796968535132471296 |
|---|---|
| author | Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina Abd Rahman, Nur 'Aliaa H., Nor Hidayati Mohd Shariff, Intan Shaidatul Shima Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha |
| author_facet | Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina Abd Rahman, Nur 'Aliaa H., Nor Hidayati Mohd Shariff, Intan Shaidatul Shima Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha |
| author_sort | Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina |
| collection | UPM |
| description | Fruit grater and peeler are needed in the processing of fruits in order to reduce the time required for fruits grating and peeling. Grating is important especially to make salad and for decoration purpose. A suitable grater is needed for specific decoration process. It is crucial for food (processing) industry to operate at minimal operating cost. Peeling using hands is time consuming and may require several workers to perform the operation and thus may increase the operating cost. Therefore in this study, a machine was designed to combine the process of grating and peeling in one device. This new designed machine is suitable to be used domestically. The machine is small-sized and lightweight and is convenient to carry and store. It is comprised of a clamping mechanism, grater, peeling blade, movable arm and also a pair of end-cutting blade. The prototype was tested for automatic grating and peeling process and manual peeling was also performed to peel the skin of selected fruits and vegetable. The prototype was able to grate several fruits and vegetables and also reduce the peeling time by 94% when compared to manual peeling. |
| first_indexed | 2024-03-06T07:29:44Z |
| format | Article |
| id | upm.eprints-13903 |
| institution | Universiti Putra Malaysia |
| language | English |
| last_indexed | 2024-03-06T07:29:44Z |
| publishDate | 2010 |
| publisher | Academic Journals |
| record_format | dspace |
| spelling | upm.eprints-139032018-08-14T08:53:39Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13903/ Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina Abd Rahman, Nur 'Aliaa H., Nor Hidayati Mohd Shariff, Intan Shaidatul Shima Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha Fruit grater and peeler are needed in the processing of fruits in order to reduce the time required for fruits grating and peeling. Grating is important especially to make salad and for decoration purpose. A suitable grater is needed for specific decoration process. It is crucial for food (processing) industry to operate at minimal operating cost. Peeling using hands is time consuming and may require several workers to perform the operation and thus may increase the operating cost. Therefore in this study, a machine was designed to combine the process of grating and peeling in one device. This new designed machine is suitable to be used domestically. The machine is small-sized and lightweight and is convenient to carry and store. It is comprised of a clamping mechanism, grater, peeling blade, movable arm and also a pair of end-cutting blade. The prototype was tested for automatic grating and peeling process and manual peeling was also performed to peel the skin of selected fruits and vegetable. The prototype was able to grate several fruits and vegetables and also reduce the peeling time by 94% when compared to manual peeling. Academic Journals 2010 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13903/1/385-393.pdf Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina and Abd Rahman, Nur 'Aliaa and H., Nor Hidayati and Mohd Shariff, Intan Shaidatul Shima and Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha (2010) Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables. American Journal of Food Technology, 5 (6). pp. 385-393. ISSN 1557-4571; ESSN: 1557-458X https://scialert.net/abstract/?doi=ajft.2010.385.393 10.3923/ajft.2010.385.393 |
| spellingShingle | Mustapa Kamal, Siti Mazlina Abd Rahman, Nur 'Aliaa H., Nor Hidayati Mohd Shariff, Intan Shaidatul Shima Wan Hasan, Wan Zuha Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables |
| title | Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables |
| title_full | Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables |
| title_fullStr | Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables |
| title_short | Design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables |
| title_sort | design and development of an apparatus for grating and peeling fruits and vegetables |
| url | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/13903/1/385-393.pdf |
| work_keys_str_mv | AT mustapakamalsitimazlina designanddevelopmentofanapparatusforgratingandpeelingfruitsandvegetables AT abdrahmannuraliaa designanddevelopmentofanapparatusforgratingandpeelingfruitsandvegetables AT hnorhidayati designanddevelopmentofanapparatusforgratingandpeelingfruitsandvegetables AT mohdshariffintanshaidatulshima designanddevelopmentofanapparatusforgratingandpeelingfruitsandvegetables AT wanhasanwanzuha designanddevelopmentofanapparatusforgratingandpeelingfruitsandvegetables |