Multicrop Washer-Peeler PAES 232-233:2008 Flashcards
practically free from dirt, stains, other foreign materials or absence of caked dirt on the rhizome or between segments of the rhizome and other crops
clean
machine that peels outer skin, or cleans and removes undesirable debris of ginger rhizomes, sweet potato, potato, arrow root, radish and carrot
multicrop washer-peeler
electric motor or internal combustion engine used to drive the multicrop washer-peeler
prime mover
horizontally elongated subterranean stem, which forms roots on the lower side and shoots on the upper side of the nodes
rhizome
the amount of washed and peeled crops per unit time during the actual washing-peeling operation time, expressed in kilogram per hour
effective capacity washing-peeling capacity
a cylinder encased in a water container and rotating in a horizontal axis where crops are being loaded for the washing and peeling operation (See Fig. 2)
washing drum assembly
a cylindrical container that holds the water and washing drum assembly
water container
Multicrop washer-peeler that has an effective capacity of up to 15 kg/h
Small-scale
Multicrop washer-peeler that has an effective capacity of more than 15 kg/h up to 40 kg/h
Medium-scale
Multicrop washer-peeler that has an effective capacity of more than 40 kg/h
Commercial-scale
The minimum machine efficiency of the multicrop washer-peeler shall be ___
90%
The water requirement shall not be more than ____ LITERS of water for every kilogram of crop.
three (3) liters
The noise emitted by the multicrop washer-peeler measured 50 mm away from the operator’s ear level at actual working position shall not be more than ___.
96 db (A)
crop condition stored not more than 2 days after harvest
freshly harvested
weight of input test material per batch, expressed in kilogram per batch
holding capacity
