Mangosteen Sizing Machine

Authors

  • Bundit Jarimopas National Agricultural Machinery Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand.
  • Krirk Kongwatananon National Agricultural Machinery Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand.
  • Chairat Rangdang National Agricultural Machinery Center, Kasetsart University, Kamphaengsaen, Nakorn Pathom, Thailand.
  • Ritsuya Yamashita Short term expert. Department of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University.

Abstract

Mangosteen sizing machine is made of diverging belt installed on 4m.-long, angle steel frame. The belts are 25o inclined to horizontal plane and driven by 1-hp. electric motor. Experimental results show that by sizing mangosteen into 3 grades (EXTRA-fruit weight > 100 gm., EXTRA-fruit weight 75 to 100 gm, B-fruit weight < 75 gm.) the machine can size 1,100 kilogram of fruit per hour with 80% sizing efficiency. The sizing machine requires an operator and 0.2 kilowatt-hour of electrical energy.

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Published

1988-12-31

How to Cite

Bundit Jarimopas, Krirk Kongwatananon, Chairat Rangdang, and Ritsuya Yamashita. 1988. “Mangosteen Sizing Machine”. Agriculture and Natural Resources 22 (5). Bangkok, Thailand:91-96. https://li01.tci-thaijo.org/index.php/anres/article/view/242572.

Issue

Vol. 22 No. 5 (1988): January-December

Section

Research Article

License

online 2452-316X print 2468-1458/Copyright © 2022. This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/),
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