NRDC Technology offer-pulse dehusking machine

PLANT PARAMETERS
Capacity, Ton/Year	1500 Tonnes
No. of shifts / day	1
Working days / Yr	300
Land Reqd., m2	25
Covered Area, m2	20
MANPOWER
Skilled	1
Unskilled	2
UTILITIES
Power, KwH	1
Raw water, KL	1
PLANT & MACHINERY
Pulse dehuking Machine	1

Background :

Pulses are mainly consumed in the form of dehusked split dal. Conversion of pulse to dal is probably the third largest food processing industry. The dal processing is done as a small scale rural or cottage operation from ancient times. Recently it has been taken up as a large-scale commercial operation. The newly developed low cost pulse-dehusking machine is hand as well as power (0.5 HP) operated.

Product :

Manufacture of dal, using pulse-dehusking machine.

Applications:

Edible dal.

By products: Husk, brokens.

Raw materials:

Pulse (tur, blackguard green gram Bengal gram)

Market:

Dals are essential items of food and are in great demand. The dal obtained by simple dehusking method compares well with that obtained from modern dal mills.

Process:

The technology consists of soaking the raw material in water and drying in sun. The dried material is fed into the machine to get the dehusked dal. Cleaning and grading are done manfully.

Equipment and gadgets :

Simple pulse dehusking machine

NATURE OF ENTERPRISE :

Cottage scale

NRDC
National Research Development Corporation, a Government of India Enterprise, is a premier technology transfer Corporation with four decades of experience. It has helped establish over one thousand projects in the small and medium scale sector. The supply of technologies and services to entrepreneurs extend both in the developing and developed countries like USA, Germany, Malaysia , Burma , Nepal, Senegal, Madagascar, Indonesia Philippines, Vietnam, Lanka, Kenya, Brazil, Bangladesh and Egypt.