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http://dx.doi.org/10.5307/JBE.2002.27.4.301

Development of An Onion Peeler (I) - Root cutting equiment -  

민영봉 (Gyeongsang National University)
김성태 (Gyeongsang National University)
정태상 (Professor, Jinju National University)
최선웅 (Pyunghwa ENG Co. Ltd)
김정호 (Gyeongsang National University)
Publication Information
Journal of Biosystems Engineering / v.27, no.4, 2002 , pp. 301-310 More about this Journal
Abstract
With a purpose to manufacture an onion peeler, the root cutting equipment of the onion could be attached to a prototype onion peeler was developed. Before the experiment, the distribution of the dimensions of the Korean native onion were measured. And some types of the blades to cut and remove the root of the onion were designed and such characteristics as feasible revolution, conveying speed, and power requirement were investigated. From the result of the test, the selected one among the various cutters was the wing type blade with the round blade to cut out the root and with the vertical blade to cut a circular line. The optimum operating conditions of the wing type blade were revealed the revolution with no load was at 630 rpm, and the conveying speed was 0.08 m/s. Under these conditions, the maximum torque was 5.25 kg·m and the power requirement was 33 W, respectively.
Keywords
Onion peeling device; Dimension of the onion; Root cutting equipment;
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