Farm Power and Machinery Department, National Centre for Agricultural Mechanization Kwara, Nigeria
Research Article
Performance Evaluation Of Ncam Dry Beans Dehulling Machine
Author(s): Ogunjirin OA, Oladipo NO, Abiodun LO and Ola OA*
Beans are from the families of legumes which are rich in protein. It has possibility of alleviating poverty and undernutrition
amongst the lower-class families, because every part of cowpea is useful. The traditional method of dehulling beans (soaking in
water to ease hull removal) are time consuming, hazardous and associated with lots of drudgery.
This report presents the performance evaluation of NCAM developed dried beans dehulling machine. Thirty-six (36) kilogram
of beans with 9.2% moisture content was used for the evaluation in which the feed regulator opening was varied. From the
result obtained, it showed that the wider the feed opening, the higher the dehulling rate and the dehulling efficiency. The
average capacity of the machine is 771 kg/hr. .. View more»