Chipping Machine PAES 222-223: 2005

Question 1

thin slice of material with thickness of about 4 mm

Answer 1

chip

Question 2

size reduction machine either power or manually operated which is used to cut or slice root
crops or banana into small thin pieces called chips

Answer 2

chipping machine

chipper

Question 3

amount of material that can be processed per unit time, kg/h

Answer 3

chipping capacity

Question 4

devices intended to slice the crop into chips with reasonable consistency within a range of
optional settings

Answer 4

cutterhead

cutting rotor

Question 5

opening through which chipped material is thrown out

Answer 5

discharge chute

Question 6

type of chipping machine with knives mounted radially with the cutting edges describing a
plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation

Answer 6

flywheel type

Question 7

component intended to provide protection for the operator or bystander from injury

Answer 7

guard

Question 8

knives on cylindrical mountings such that the cutting edges of the knives are essentially
parallel to the axis of rotation

Answer 8

drum type

Question 9

Chipping elements should be made of either __________ equivalent.

Answer 9

AISI 1040 to AISI 1045 or its ISO

Question 10

Chipping machine shall be able to cut at least three different thickness settings with
____
maximum variation of cut.

Answer 10

5%

Question 11

The noise emitted by the chipping machine shall not be more than _____.

Answer 11

92 db (A).

Question 12

angle of the cutting edge of the blade

Answer 12

blade bevel angle

Question 13

amount of material that can be processed per unit time, kg/h

Answer 13

chipping capacity

Question 14

ratio of the weight of the chips collected at all outlets, to the total weight of the input of the
chipper, expressed in percent

Answer 14

chipping efficiency

Question 15

ratio of the weight of the chips collected at the main outlet, to the total weight of the input of
the chipper, expressed in percent

Answer 15

chipping recovery

Question 16

rotating part of the chipping machine that holds the cutting knives

Answer 16

cutting disc

Question 17

all matters other than root crops/banana such as sand, gravel, dirt, pebbles, stones, metal
fillings, lumps of earth, clay, mud, chaff, straw, weed seeds and other crop seeds

Answer 17

foreign matter

Question 18

angle of orientation of the chipping plate with respect to the horizontal plnae

Answer 18

plate angle

Question 19

angle of inclination of the blade with respect to the chipping plate

Answer 19

rake angle

Question 20

Test materials to be used shall be commonly or locally grown root crop preferably potato.
The amount of test material to be supplied shall be at least ____ of chipper’s chipping
capacity

Answer 20

75%

Question 21

A minimum of three test trials, with duration of at least ______ shall be adopted

Answer 21

minutes15 per trial,

Question 22

During each test trial, _____ samples shall be randomly collected from the output of the
chipper to be analyzed in the laboratory

Answer 22

three-200 g

Question 23

Dry the sample in the oven with temperature of _______.

Answer 23

103 oC + 1oC for 72 h