Design and Fabrication of Motorized Maize Shelling Machine

Abstract

The processing of agricultural product into quality forms not only prolongs the useful life of these products but also increases the net profit farmers make from such products. In this work, emphasis was placed on demand led design which involved understanding the need of the farmer and designing an appropriate system that meets that need. Many farmers grow maize but could not afford the cost of acquiring some of the imported threshing machines because of their cost. Such people resort to manual means of threshing which results into low efficiency, high level of wastage and exerting of much labour. This machine was constructed to shell maize and separate the cob from the grains.