Design & construction of a motorized maize flour mingier.

Abstract

The study goes through the step by step procedures which led to the achievement of the intended main and specific objectives. The designed maize flour mingier machine of capacity 2kg comprised of inner and outer jackets of the pan, the frame and a two way opposite rotation of the mingling pan and the mingling shaft. This machine was designed, fabricated and tested to examine its performance. The mingling machine is essential in production of a large amount of posho within a shortest time possible. The results of this study were discussed and it was found that the machine works moderately effective compared to existing traditional method of posho mingling which is laborious with its associated problems.