Mechanism of Mangosteen Shearing

Authors

  • Bundit Jarimopas National Agricultural Machinery Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakorn Pathom.
  • Kulwadee A-sai Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakorn Pathom.
  • Vimol Maneewatanaset Dept. of Agricultural Engineering, Engineering Faculty, Kasetsart University, Kamphaeng Saen Campus, Nakorn Pathom.

Keywords:

mangosteen machinery, fruit processing machinery

Abstract

This research is to determine a mechanism to shear mechanically a mangosteen fruit. The developed mechanism comprises a knife rotating to shear the mangosteen statistically placed. The knife made of metal handsaw blade of 5 different designs was tested . Two designs resulted very good shearing while 90 to 100% of perfect shearing was found.

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Published

1993-12-30

How to Cite

Bundit Jarimopas, Kulwadee A-sai, and Vimol Maneewatanaset. 1993. “Mechanism of Mangosteen Shearing”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 27 (4). Bangkok, Thailand:474-79. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/241701.

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Research Article