A REVIEW OF COCONUT HUSKING MACHINES

Abstract

Husking of coconut is among the most-difficult post-harvest operations relevant to coconut. Traditionally the entire husking is done manually using either a machete or a crowbar, and it involves much human drudgery, skill, training, and endurance. There are lots of machines invented all over the world to mechanize this operation, but only a few of them are available in market, sadly some of them have vanished from the market and the rest have not reached the market yet due to many reasons. So a study was conducted about the various coconut husking machines which were made so far stating what are advantages and disadvantages of them, the study included both the manually and mechanized versions of husking mechanisms.