Department of Post Harvest Process & Food Engineering, College of Agriculture Engineering, Jabalpur (M.P.)
Online published on 18 February, 2020.
Destoning of aonla (Embalica officinalls) is a time comsuming task. The fruits are popular and havetherapeuticvalue. Agooseberryseed/stoneremover cumslicer machinewas developed using nickelcoated stainless probe. Experiments revealed that performance ofdeveloped hand operated machine resulted in a faster removalof the stones. The probe consists of three parts a cylindrical penetrating portion, screwof base and thread. The total length ofthe probe was 135 cm. The dimensions of the penetrating probe were as follows 10 cm and 40 cm length. The plunger shaft was 60 cm by 10 cm and 35 cm. The pulp recovery in the developed manually operated aonla stone cum slicing equipment was 89.89%.
