Design and Development of Engine Driven <i>Warqe</i> (<i>Ensete Ventricosum</i>) Decorticating Machine

Merga Workesa; Girma Gebresenbet; Abebe Fanta; Ashenafi Chaka

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Design and Development of Engine Driven Warqe (Ensete Ventricosum) Decorticating Machine

Merga Workesa, Girma Gebresenbet, Abebe Fanta, Ashenafi Chaka

Published in American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Volume 6, Issue 2)

Received: 4 April 2021 Accepted: 27 April 2021 Published: 22 June 2021

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Abstract

Warqe processing is carried out dominantly by women using traditional tools such as a bamboo scraper and wooden plank. The processing practice of warqe into food remained traditional and inefficient. The decortication process through which the separation of fiber and core takes place has been time consuming, much energy demanding and cause drudgery, and unhygienic due to the use of traditional decorticator that consisting of bamboo scraper and wooden plank. In light of the above, effort was made to develop mechanical warqe decorticator in order to improve the processing performances. The objective of this work was to design, fabricate the essential components, assemble, test and evaluate the performance in terms of decortication efficiency, throughput capacity, reliability, simplicity, safety, and cost. The functional parts of the machine included drum beater, breastplate, reduction gears, diesel engine, collecting box, chain and sprocket, feeding table, pulleys, transmission belts, rollers, engine seat, and bearings. The machine was manufactured using locally available materials to minimize cost. The design can further be improved to have better decorticating efficiency and throughput and low cost through the use of materials like aluminum and plastics rather than stainless steel and there is also the possibility of improving on the design and fabrication in view simplifying for mass production which can also attract private manufacturers.

Published in	American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering (Volume 6, Issue 2)
DOI	10.11648/j.ajmie.20210602.11
Page(s)	17-27
Creative Commons	This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium or format, provided the original work is properly cited.
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Breastplate, Decorticating, Drum Beater, Feeding Table, Power Transmission, Prototype

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Merga Workesa, Girma Gebresenbet, Abebe Fanta, Ashenafi Chaka. (2021). Design and Development of Engine Driven Warqe (Ensete Ventricosum) Decorticating Machine. American Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, 6(2), 17-27. https://doi.org/10.11648/j.ajmie.20210602.11

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Merga Workesa, Girma Gebresenbet, Abebe Fanta, Ashenafi Chaka. Design and Development of Engine Driven Warqe (Ensete Ventricosum) Decorticating Machine. Am J Mech Ind Eng. 2021;6(2):17-27. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmie.20210602.11

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Merga Workesa

Bako Agricultural Engineering Research Center, Oromia Agricultural Research Institute, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Girma Gebresenbet

Department of Energy and Technology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Uppsala, Sweden
Abebe Fanta

Department of Agricultural Engineering, Haramaya University, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Ashenafi Chaka

Department of Horticulture, School of Agriculture, Ambo University, Ambo, Ethiopia

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Merga Workesa; Girma Gebresenbet; Abebe Fanta; Ashenafi Chaka. Design and Development of Engine Driven Warqe (Ensete Ventricosum) Decorticating Machine. Am. J. Mech. Ind. Eng. 2021, 6(2), 17-27. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmie.20210602.11

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Merga Workesa, Girma Gebresenbet, Abebe Fanta, Ashenafi Chaka. Design and Development of Engine Driven Warqe (Ensete Ventricosum) Decorticating Machine. Am J Mech Ind Eng. 2021;6(2):17-27. doi: 10.11648/j.ajmie.20210602.11

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