Pedal Operator Sugarcane Juice Extractor Machine

Pedal Operator Sugarcane Juice Extractor Machine

Dr. Neerajkumar Wayzode, Atharva Dubey, Sanket Ramteke, Deepak Lilhare, Rohit Dhone, Aishwarya Sahare

Abstract

The milling of sugarcane into sugarcane juice is a critical first step in the process. Currently available sugarcane juice extractors need the use of high-energy, complex mills that are powered manually. Small-scale and rural farmers in Nigeria who turn sugarcane juice into ethanol, brown sugar, and other goods cannot afford them. Small and micro scale farmers, as well as juice processors, are the intended beneficiaries of this study's efforts to develop, fabricate, and evaluate the performance of a sugarcane juice extraction equipment on a smaller size. The extraction unit, pulley, gearbox belts, bearings and frame were all built using locally sourced, cost-effective components, and the machine was driven by a 5 hp single-phase electric motor. The machine was tested with two types of sugarcane, and the findings showed that on average, the machine extracted 64.97 and 56.90% of sugar from the cane. The equipment is useful for extracting sugarcane juice on a modest scale in both rural and urban areas. This work entails developing a device for extracting sugarcane juice. The operator of a sugarcane juice machine of the past had to rely solely on his hands, leaving his legs dormant while he stood to do his work. Therefore, we update the sugarcane mill with some modern features. Machine parts include a pulley, a v-belt, a flywheel, a rotor made of cast iron, bearings, a pedal, and a body frame. The sugarcane machine has been modified so that the operator can use their legs to pedal instead of their hands. By using a flywheel to ensure continuous rotation, we are able to solve the problem of vibration and shocks. Sugarcane milling is an essential and required unit process for producing high-quality sugarcane juice. The present sugarcane juice extractor available on the market is energy intensive and makes use of a complex mechanically powered extraction process. To make matters worse, some of the juice extractors on the market are too expensive for the small-scale, rural entrepreneurs who wish to open a sugarcane juice business. Miniature machines powered by a flywheel or pedals are used to crush sugarcane for sugarcane juice. This device has to be portable enough to be transported with little effort. There is no requirement for electricity to power this device. Crushing sugarcane using this equipment requires just a single worker. This equipment is less expensive to purchase in rural areas. The pedal makes it simple to provide additional loads to crush the sugarcane, thus a sugarcane juice machine that is powered by a flywheel and human effort may reduce the amount of time spent cutting cane.

This machine can be used by anybody without the requirement for special training or a substantial quantity of power. Small farm sizes and farm dispersion due to load ownership via inheritance are issues in sugarcane processing. Inadequate methods and spaces for preserving harvested canes and extracted juice before processing them into sugar

     Keywords: Pulley, V-Belt, Flywheel, Cast Iron Rotor, Bearings And Pedal With Body Frame