Design and development of continuous type mango de-sapping machine.
Research Type
Departmental Research
Experiment Background
De-sapping is a process of removing the sap from mango fruit. The sap from the fruit is removed by cutting the stalk of the just harvested fruits at a length of 5-10 mm from the base of the fruit with the help of a sharp edged knife or sciecator. Otherwise, when the stem (pedicel) of a mango fruit is broken during handling as well as transportation, the sap exudes out; spreading over the fruit peel causes serious skin damages: sap-burn injury in mango fruits. De-sapping is one of the recommended post harvest operation to reduce the sap-burn problems. Static batch type mango de-sapping arrangement using mesh type wire or bamboo was reported.
Continuous type mango de-sapping machine needs to be design and fabricated to fulfill the following objectives.
Experiment Group
Agricultural Engineering
Unit Type
(02)EDUCATION UNIT
Unit
(13)ASPEE COLLEGE OF HORTICULTURE (NAVSARI)
Department
(218)Post Harvest Technology,ACHF, Navsari
BudgetHead
(329/12940/00)329/01/REG/00253
Objective
Identify the parameter for mango de-sapping
Study of presently available mango de-sapping methods.
Design of continuous type mango de-sapping machine.
Development of cutting mechanism for continuous type mango de-sapping machine
Performance evaluation of mango de-sapping methods and machines.