Performance Evaluation of Manually Operated Coconut Dehuskers
Asian Resonance ( P: ISSN No. 0976-8602 RNI No.UPENG/2012/42622 VOL.-V, ISSUE-III, July-2016 E: ISSN No. 2349-9443 ) Abstract K. G. Dhande Associate Professor, Deptt.of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, DBSKKV, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra P. P. Pawase Graduate Student, Deptt.of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra R. R. Kadam Graduate Student, Deptt.of Farm Machinery and Power, College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dapoli, Ratnagiri, Maharashtra The performance evaluation of a folding type and non-folding type manually operated coconut dehuskers was carried out at College of Agricultural Engineering and Technology, Dapoli for its suitability to farmers on the basis of dehusking capacity, dehusking efficiency, damage percentage and overall discomfort rating(ODR) and body part discomfort score (BPDS) du...