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Development of Continuous Feed Equipment for Aloe Vera Whole Gel Extraction

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Title Development of Continuous Feed Equipment for Aloe Vera Whole Gel Extraction
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Creator Ravindra Naik
SJK Annamalai
 
Subject Aloe vera, Gel extraction efficiency, Hand filleting, Quality parameters
 
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Continuous feed Aloe vera whole gel extraction equipment comprises of six major components, (a) Outer frame to hold
functional components; (b) Conveyor belt; (c) Drive mechanism for gel extraction system; (d) Whole gel extraction
mechanism; (e) Collection trays for extracted gel and rinds; (f) Motor. Leaf base and sharp spines of matured Aloe vera
leaves are removed before feeding into equipment. Combination action of sliding bearing (4 numbers) mechanism and
pressure springs (4 numbers) helps to adjust gap between pressure roller assembly and flatten curvature of Aloe vera leaves.
Two high carbon steel blades one each, just above bottom set of rollers and just below top set of rollers, simultaneous peels
off both top and bottom rind in a single pass. To obtain whole gel recovery of more than 98.13 ± 0.52 % and residual gel
percentage of below 1.87 ± 0.27%, speed of the rollers was optimized at 100 rpm for three levels of leaves thickness
(30 mm). Capacity of equipment is 215.00 ± 9.08 kg/h. Percentage saving in cost and time of
operation is 55.56 and 70 %, respectively. Quality parameters of whole Aloe vera gel were at par with preferred hand
filleting method of gel extraction. Equipment is suitable to be adopted as a rural technology specially in the Aloe vera
catchment area.
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Date 2021-08-11T11:14:13Z
2021-08-11T11:14:13Z
2020-01-01
 
Type Article
 
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Language English
 
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