Abstract:
A portable powered cassava grater was designed fabricated and tested. Most of the
common once are electrically operated, hence depend on electricity which in Ghana, is
presently erratic in supply and not always available in rural areas. The erratic power,
scarcity necessitate the need to address this issues to certain extent by developing a
machine that will make life easier in cassava processing for the rural processers, in
order to improve their economic wellbeing. This petrol engine powered grater consist
of the hopper, the grating unit, the discharge, and the main frame. The mechanism is
connected to a belt drive which turns the shaft on which the grater drum is mounted.
The machine has a grating capacity of 89.16kg/hr. The machine is cheap, economically
viable and can be used by unskilled workers.
Description:
A Dissertation in the Department of MECHANICAL AND
AUTOMOTIVE TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, faculty of TECHNICAL
EDUCATION, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies in partial fulfilment
of the requirements for the award of the degree of Master of Technology
(Mechanical Engineering) in the University of Education, Winneba
AUGUST, 2020
