DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF CORN SHELLING MACHINE

Code No: 731948

₦5,000.00

ABSTRACT

A machine for corn shelling is highly and greatly needed to consistency of usage of corn in local and international levels.
            With regards to this indispensable needs, a corn shelling machine is designed which operates to remove the corn grains and leaving the cobs intact.
            In attainment to this design objective and aims, a proper considerations was given to the machinability factor which includes; installation, simplification, durability, choice material, machine, low costing and prolonged life span when operate with high utilization with minimal down fine.
            The design details are given which includes such items as materials and their characteristic adaptation methodology, the parts relations with the whole device and the effect of the finished product upon which an inquisitive mine can make collection of fact in future which related to this project.

CHAPTER 1

CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
            We have participated indeed in mass shelling of corn using the most primitive, cumbersome, and difficult method of hand shelling which encourages rime consuming and human stressfulness. Corn otherwise known as â€œOkaâ€ in Igbo tribe is mostly sued seed across all the tribe in this country today. It is widely used in homes, hotels, and schools for eating and seedling process (when dried). It is therefore very rare to see any Nigerian who has not tested it in one way or the other.
            Now, since it is very imperative for dieting inclusively, it can be refined to form varieties of food supplementary diet such as making of Akamu (pap), Semovita corn pounded, corn mill etc. Today, in our industrial sectors such as ceramics and biscuit industry, it is widely used for making of biscuit, flouring for bakery of the bread, and corn mill. Infact to summarize all this, junked food that are baked in supermarket today are mostly involves corn in making them.
            In the light of this as technology advance forward, an introduction of this machine (sheller) made manifest and come into existence which is more stressless, easy to operate, low costing, and time reduction with high degree of production volume and efficiency. Modifications have also made it possible to be manually and electro-mechanical operated type depending on the choice of design and the speed of shaft required.
            Today, with the aid of this, it has created availability of corn sheller (shelling machine) even in the market which indeed removes our difficulties and impossibilities when using and engaging with modern method of design.
1.1       PURPOSE OF CONSTRUCTION
            This project is meant to achieve the following purposes.
(1)               To design and construct a corn sheller which is easy to operate with high degree of efficiency.
(2)               To design and construct a machine (corn sheller) that would save time and cost, with high degree of production volume.
(3)               To design and construct a corn sheller that would not have much breaking effect of grains, leaving the cobs intact during the process.
(4)               To design and construct a corn sheller that is economic and have little or no complication in maintenance
(5)               To design and construct a corn sheller with high percentage of local technology.
(6)               To design and construct a machine that is cost effective manual stress reduction.