Department of Post Harvest Process and Food Engineering, College of Agricultural Engineering, J. N. Krishi Vishwa Vidyalaya, Jabalpur 482004 (M.P).
Experiments were conducted to optimize the plant moisture content and speed of the machine optimal stripping efficiency and capacity of the developed fresh bengal gram pod stripping machine. The maximum efficiency of the machine was found to be 98.82% at 350 rpm of the machine and 61.41% plant moisture content (wb). The capacity of the machine corresponding to maximum efficiency was found to be 118.68 kg/h.
