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Title: | Development of a mechanised plantain slicer |
Authors: | Obeng, George Yaw |
Keywords: | Post-harvest slicer Processing method plantain chips |
Issue Date: | 2004 |
Publisher: | Journal of Science and Technology |
Citation: | Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 24 No. 2, 2004 pp 126-133 |
Abstract: | Cutting of bulk plantains into chips for local and foreign markets is a processing method, which reduces post-harvest losses of green or ripening plantain. The traditional method of slicing plantain with a kitchen knife is laborious, time-consuming and prone to injury, and can only be practiced on a very small scale of production. The mechanised slicer seeks to reduce the drudgery associated with traditional cutting of large-scale plantains into chips. The machine takes 5- 7 seconds to slice a finger of an average-size plantain into chips of 2-3mm in thickness compared to the 40-80 seconds with a kitchen knife, which gives non-uniform thickness of plantain chips. It was found to be very convenient, and the average thickness of plantain chips produced with the slicer compares favourably with commercial standards. |
Description: | Article published in the Journal of Science and Technology, Vol. 24 No. 2, 2004 pp 126-133 |
URI: | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/5109 |
Appears in Collections: | Journal of Science and Technology 2000-
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