| publication name | DEVELOPMENT OF A SEED-EXTRACTION MACHINE FOR CUCUMBER FRUITS |
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| Authors | A. E. Abu-ELMaaty A. H. Bahnasawy H. A. Abdel-Mawla and T. H. Ashour |
| year | 2015 |
| keywords | extraction machine, cucumber fruits, seeds, productivity, costs. |
| journal | Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering |
| volume | Not Available |
| issue | Not Available |
| pages | Not Available |
| publisher | Not Available |
| Local/International | International |
| Paper Link | Not Available |
| Full paper | download |
| Supplementary materials | Not Available |
Abstract
The aims of this research is to develop and evaluate a seed extraction machine for cucumber fruit. The developed cucumber-seed extractor consists of frame, feeding mechanism, fruit edge-cutting knives, seed-extraction mechanism, pressing mechanism, and two-wings ejector. The results at optimum conditions were: feeder speed of 18 rpm, cutting length of fruit edge of 5 mm, oriented plate angle of 55 degree and plunger speed of o.17 m/s, the machine fruit and seed productivies were 618 and 19.1 kg/h respectively. It also indicates that extraction efficiency was 86%. The specific energy was 0.0025 kW.h/ton. The operation cost of seed extractor was 620.4 L.E/ton.