Design and fabrication of a cocoyam (Colocasia esculenta) peeling machine

• Main Authors: Audu, Balami Ayuba, Musa, Dauda Solomon, Mohammed, I. S., Agunsoye, J. K., Abu, H., Abubakar, I., Ahmad, Desa
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Faculty of Food Science and Technology, Universiti Putra Malaysia 2016
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50501/1/%2810%29%20IFRJ-16293%20Rev1-Balami.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/50501/; http://www.ifrj.upm.edu.my/23%20(06)%202016%20supplementary/(10)%20IFRJ-16293%20Rev1-Balami.pdf

The processing of cocoyam tubers for industrial or human use involves different operations of which peeling is the major problem. This study was aimed at designing, fabricating and carrying out performance evaluation of a cocoyam peeling machine, taking into consideration some physical and mechanica...