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DEVELOPMENT OF A GRADING MACHINE FOR APRICOT FRUITS

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Last updated: 04 Jan 2025

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Agricultural Power and Machinery Engineering

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The main objective of the present study is to develop, construct and evaluate the performance of a small-scale grading machine to suit grade fresh fruit like apricot (Canino variety).
The performance of the grading machine was carried out to investigate some engineering parameters such as:  four different grading speeds 5, 8, 11 and 14 rpm (0.05, 0.08, 0.12 and 0.15 m/s), fruit batch of 5, 10, 15 and 20 kg and two type of grading cylinder (PVC and rubber coated cylinder) using constant grading tilt angle of 7o on grading efficiency, fruit damage and grading productivity.
Physical and mechanical properties of apricot fruits (Canino variety) under study, was studied to evaluate the performance of developed a small-scale grading machine.
The optimum conditions of grading machine to be operated at the maximum efficiency are: Grading speed of. 8 rpm. (0.08 m/s), fruit batch of 10 kg and rubber coated cylinder. Achieved grading efficiency of 98.41 %, fruit damage of zero %, and productivity of 610.17 kg/h. Operation costs was 7.37 L.E./h and 12.1 L.E./Mg.

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10.21608/mjae.2012.102005

Authors

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M. T.

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Ebaid

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Senior Res., Ag. Eng. Res. Inst., Egypt.

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M. M.

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Atallah

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Res., Ag. Eng. Res. Inst., Egypt.

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K. S.

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Khalil

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Res., Ag. Eng. Res. Inst., Egypt.

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Volume

29

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2

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15446

Issue Date

2012-04-01

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2020-07-09

Publish Date

2012-04-01

Page Start

511

Page End

530

Print ISSN

1687-384X

Online ISSN

2636-3062

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MJAE_Volume 29_Issue 2_Pages 511-530.pdf

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Misr Journal of Agricultural Engineering

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DEVELOPMENT OF A GRADING MACHINE FOR APRICOT FRUITS

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23 Jan 2023