PENGEMBANGAN ALAT PENGUPAS KULIT POLONG KACANG TANAH TIPE PIRING
ABSTRACT: The peanut shell
cracker of cylinder type has been developed with the capacity of >150
kg/hour. Meanwhile the peanut shell
cracker of the medium scale has not been designed. This research was aimed to
design the peanut shell cracker in medium scale. The shelling mechanism of peanut shell
cracker was based on the disk type rice peeler.
The peanut shell cracker peels the skin of peanut fruit by a pressure
and friction. The top of disk did not
move and beneath of disk turned, and the feeder in hopper was placed at the top
of disk. The performance test of peanut
shell cracker was based on clearance between two disks (5, 10, and 15 mm) and
three level of rotation of beneath of disk were 90, 120 and 150 rpm. The results showed that the shelling of
peanut shell was optimum at 5 mm of clearance, and 90 rpm of rotation of
beneath of disk. The shelling efficiency
was 93.06%.
Key word: peanut shell
cracker, peanut, disk type, medium scale
Penulis: Tamrin
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd100027
