![]() ![]() The cultivation of banana is mainly distributed in states of Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Assam, Gujarat, Bihar, Madhya Pradesh and West Bengal. ![]() Cavendish is the major cultivar covering 62% of production of banana, followed by Mysore (16%), Bluggoe (6%), Nendran (Plantain 5%), Silk (4%), Pome (4%) and other (3%). In India it accounts for 33% of total production of fruits and 12% of area under fruit crops. India is the largest producer of banana and plantains in the world with a production of million t from an area of 0.49 million ha. India ranks first in production of mango (40%) and banana (17%) of world production. It is originated in hot tropical regions of south-east Asia. Keywords: banana power operated slicer round slices effective capacity slicing efficiency Banana (Musa paradisiaca) is called as Apple of Paradise because it is the one of oldest cultivated fruit known to mankind it is also the most nutritious. The mean thickness of cut for both varieties was about 2.00 ± mm, whereas mean roundness was of 0.84 and 0.70 for Nendran and Dwarf Cavendish varieties respectively. This slicer has slicing efficiency of about a 93 94% with effective capacity of about 100 kg/h for both varieties. The power operated rotary slicer with three blade cutter that was operating at 360 rpm speed was developed to overcome drawbacks of existing hand or power operated rotary slicers and to meet the demand of small scale processing industries. This banana slicer mainly consists of feeders for round slicing, cutter, power transmission mechanism, base support and frame. Pandya 3 1 Department of Agricultural Engineering, College of Agriculture, Dapoli, India 2 Department of Processing and Food Engineering, College of Technology and Engineering, Maharana Pratap University of Agriculture and Technology, Udaipur, India 3 Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, India Abstract Sonawane S.P., Sharma G.P., Pandya A.C., Design and development of power operated banana slicer for small scale food processing industries., 57: A power operated rotary banana slicer suitable for small scale processing was designed and developed based on engineering properties of banana varieties, namely Nendran and Dwarf Cavendish. 1 Design and development of power operated banana slicer for small scale food processing industries S.P. ![]()
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