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Cassava peeler design

Company: Partners in Food Solutions

Major(s):
Primary: ME
Secondary: IE

Non-Disclosure Agreement: NO

Intellectual Property: NO

Cassava is becoming one of the most important tubers in Eastern Africa both as an ingredient in industrial processes as well as a staple. The most commonly use of cassava is as a powder which requires the tubers to be processed. The processing steps include: peeling, slicing, drying, milling and sifting. One limiting step in the process is that of peeling. The challenge presented by the type of cassava tubers that the PFS client has access to is that of non uniformity as well as the fact that the peels are harder than other varieties such as the ones grown in Asia or Latin America. Tua Uganda would like the support of PFS in collaboration with Penn State University to design a cassava peeler that will enable them to do the following: Design a cassava peeler that can efficiently peel 500 kg of cassava tubers per hour with a peeling efficiency of at least 90%, while minimizing waste, labor requirements, and operational costs. The peeler should be suitable for small-scale processors in Uganda.