Design and fabrication of a pedle operated sweet potato slicing machine.

Abstract

Sweet potato which is ranked the 7th among foods consumed in the world, is one of the major food crops in Teso region. During periods of harvest surplus of the sweet potatoes needs to be persevered and consumed at later times. This calls for slicing majorly done using rudimentary tools which is tedious and produce non-uniform slices and consume time. There are many electrical, manual and motor operated machines in the market but the favour local farmers. The main objective of this project is, to design and fabricate a pedal peeled sweet potato slicing machine. while the specific objectives are to carry out a detailed design analysis of the different components that make up the intended potato slicer, to fabricate the different components of the designed potato slicing machine and assemble the prototype, to test the fabricated prototype to determine the performance of the machine and to carry out economic evaluation of the designed sweet potato.