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| Ogundare, Adebayo Adeyemi. |
| Almond seed extraction from whole kernel recovery is a process which is usually performed manually thus making it laborious and time consuming. The purpose of this paper is to investigate a means for almond seed extraction for whole kernel recovery to close the gap in domestic, commercial and industrial demand of almond seeds for food and industrial processing. The machine comprises of four units: the hopper; the cracking chamber which embeds the shaft, the hammer and electric motor. SolidWorks software was used to determine the responses of the machine critical elements. The sample of almond fruits used was picked from the premises of University of Ilorin, Kwara State. The fruit (almond) was properly prepared by removing the fleshy parts from it and... |
| Tipo: Info:eu-repo/semantics/article |
Palavras-chave: Almond seed; Kernel; Impact strength; Compressive strain and stress. |
| Ano: 2019 |
URL: http://www.cigrjournal.org/index.php/Ejounral/article/view/5033 |
