The aim of the present study was to develop and evaluate a low cost, small scale hand operated apple peeler. A low-cost durable hand operated apple peeler having overall dimensions of 305 mm × 225 mm × 30 mm was fabricated. The performance of the developed prototype was evaluated for different parameters in comparison to manual peeling (using knives). Significantly (p<0.05) high peeling capacity (42 kg/hour), high percentage of peel removal (17.92) and high depth of cut (0.95 mm) were recorded for developed hand operated apple peeler in comparison to manual peeling (i.e., knives). In contrast, significantly (p<0.05) lower peeling efficiency of 84% and labor requirement of 23.80 man hr/ton were recorded in case of hand operated apple peeler whereas in case of manual peeling it was recorded as 100% and 51.28 man hr/ton respectively.

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手动苹果削皮器的开发与评估

本研究的目的是开发和评估一种低成本，小型手动苹果削皮器。制造了整体尺寸为305 mm×225 mm×30 mm的低成本耐用的手动苹果削皮器。与手动剥皮（使用刀）相比，针对不同参数评估了开发原型的性能。与手动削皮（即刀）相比，已开发的手动苹果削皮器的显着（p <0.05）高去皮能力（42 kg /小时），高去皮率（17.92）和高切深（0.95 mm） ）。相比之下，手动苹果削皮器的剥离效率显着降低（p <0.05）（84％），人工需求为23.80工时/吨，而手动削皮的情况下分别为100％和51.28工时/吨。吨。