M. Alfian Mizar, Muhammad Amin, Muhammad Ashar, Marsono
One of the processes determining the quality of the ready-consumed groundnut is the process of peeling the groundnut husk. Today, the process of groundnut husk peeling is still done manually. This research aims to: 1)design the groundnut husk peeling machine with rotary multi-disc system; and 2) identify and test the machine'sperformance. This research was conducted by means of: 1) an exploration study of small-scale industries/groundnut material-based food production business units; 2) data analysis of the results of the exploratory study; 3) designing and construction of the machine; 4) testing the machine's performance; and 5) the prototype of improvement of groundnut husk peeling using the rotary multi disc that has been tested. It led to production of a prototype of groundnut husk peeling machine with an optimal performance that can increase the capacity and good quality of the result of peeling on the shaft rotation of the machine, n = 420 rpm, water volume of 10 litres and motor power, P = 1/4 HP (185 W) on the capacity of 25 kg/hour with the quality of the entire peeled and unseparated products more than 97%. © 2017 WIETE.
State University of Malang, Malang, Indonesia
