A Review on Performance of Domestic Bulb and Tuber Vegetables Peeling Machines

Authors- Dr.S.Ramani, Kabini V, Maryamul Asiya M

Abstract-Root vegetable peeling is a necessary step before processing them further. A batch loading peeling machine was designed, built, and tested for potato, onion, shallot and ginger in this study. Based on the idea of surface scratching, the machine was made to run between 100 and 500 rpm between 5 and 12 minutes. The machine’s performance was evaluated in terms of flesh loss, peel weight percentage, and peeling efficiency. The peeling efficiency using abrasive material with various motor speed control systems are categorized for various root vegetables include shallots, onion, ginger and garlic. The vegetable peeling mainly removes the skin in which the manual power is used also time consuming, so the Abrasive peeling machines are capable of processing large quantities of roots and tubers quickly, which is essential for industrial-scale food production. For instance, in food processing plants, potatoes, onions, and other tubers need to be peeled efficiently and at high speed, which manual peeling cannot match. It is also Labour-intensive & Time-consuming. One man can peel more skin and other may leave too much skin on the produce. Manually peeling the roots and tubers often results in uneven skin removal that leads to products often not in uniform size and shape. These machines can be integrated into automated production lines, reducing the need for manual power, speed up the peeling mechanism and also to minimise the human error.

DOI: /10.61463/ijset.vol.13.issue1.154