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Efficient Maize Sheller Design Project

The document outlines the purpose and justification for designing and constructing a maize shelling machine. The goals are to 1) efficiently shell maize grains while keeping cobs intact, 2) operate at a high production volume with minimal farmer interference, and 3) be economic with little maintenance. The problem is that traditional shelling methods are strenuous and existing motorized shellers damage grains and break cobs, so a new sheller is needed that is efficient, gentle on grains, and affordable for rural farmers.

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Efficient Maize Sheller Design Project

The document outlines the purpose and justification for designing and constructing a maize shelling machine. The goals are to 1) efficiently shell maize grains while keeping cobs intact, 2) operate at a high production volume with minimal farmer interference, and 3) be economic with little maintenance. The problem is that traditional shelling methods are strenuous and existing motorized shellers damage grains and break cobs, so a new sheller is needed that is efficient, gentle on grains, and affordable for rural farmers.

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  • Problem Statement
  • Purpose of the Construction

PURPOSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION

The project is meant to achieve the following purposes

1. To design and construct a maize shelling machine that operates with a high

degree of efficiency

2. To design and construct a maize sheller that would not have much breaking

effect on grains, thereby leaving the cobs intact during the process

3. To design a machine that has a high production volume with minimal

interference from the farmer.

4. To design and fabricate a machine that reduces human effort and eases the

stress on the operator

5. To design and construct a machine that is economic and has little or no

complication in maintenance

6. To determine energy requirement for operating the machine efficiently

PROBLEM STATEMENT

Removing the grain from the cob has always being a strenuous task

for the rural farmers who practice subsistence farming. The traditional

method of shelling does not support large-scale shelling of maize and the

existing motorized shellers causes great damages to the grains beside

breaking the cob to piece, they are also very expensive to buy/lease, with
regards to this limitations, a maize shelling machine is designed which

operates to remove the maize grains from the cobs at a high production

volume and efficiency.

Justification

1. Industrial maize shellers are too expensive for rural farmers to

purchase

2. For most of the farmers, the cost of hiring the services of

industrial shellers is high with respect to the amount of grain

output at the end of the farming season.

3. Rotary and pedal-powered maize shellers require much energy

inputs which limits their adoption by most of the farmers since

they are too cumbersome to use and result to a great deal of

fatigue.

Scope of project

PURPOSE OF THE CONSTRUCTION The project is meant to achieve the following purposes 1. To design and construct a maize shell
regards to this limitations, a maize shelling machine is designed which operates to remove the maize grains from the cobs at

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