INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL FOR RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT IN Volume-7,Issue-1 (Jan-17)

TECHNOLOGY ISSN (O) :- 2349-3585

Design and Fabrication of Coconut Punch-Cum-Splitter for

Young Coconut
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Prof. R. D. Pistulkar1, Prof. K. S. Zakiuddin2
1
Department of Mechanical Engineering, B.D.C.O.E. Sevagram RTMN University, Nagpur. Maharashtra, India
2
Professor & HOD, Department of Mechanical Engineering, PCE RTMN University, Nagpur, Maharashtra, India

Abstract— There is a heavy demand for young coconut in the world, with a total production of 62 million tonnes per
today’s market as it contains nutrients, it helps in dissolving year Coconut is the ―tree of heaven‖, provides many
kidney stones ,reduces blood pressure, energy drink etc., and necessities of life including food and shelter. It is mainly
it’s a natural gift. But making a punching and slicing a cultivated for its nuts; it yields oil, oil cake and fibre. Water
young coconut have some difficulties it cause injuries, aged from tender coconut is a common refreshing drink and has
people ,handicapped people feel difficulties to do this. Our been used as an excellent isotonic in several tropical countries.
project aims to develop punching and splitting a young It is not only a thirst-quenching liquid, but also a mineral
coconut. The machine consists of 13 main parts: 1. Flywheel drink, which is beneficial to human health. It contains traces
, 2.Punch Tool ,3.Splitter Tool,4.Big Pulley ,5.Small Pulley of proteins, fats, and minerals like Na, K, Ca, Fe, Cu, P, S, Cl,
,6.Belt, 7.Chain, 8.Pedal, 9.Handal, 10.Seat, 11.Big Sproket, vitamin C, vitamins of the B group like nicotinic acid,
12.Base frame,13 Coconut Base. The punch cum splitter for pantothenic acid, riboflavin and biotin. Coconut water
Young coconut is operated by mechanical system. The K.E. contains organic compounds possessing healthy growth
generated by pedaling is stored in the rotating flywheel and promoting properties. It carries nutrients and oxygen to cells,
when clutch mechanism is engaged, this stored K.E. of raise the human metabolism, boost human immune system,
flywheel is imparted to splitter as well as punching tool detoxify and fight viruses, control diabetes and also aids the
thereby, punching and splitting simultaneously the coconut. human body in fighting against viruses that causes flue, herpes
After consuming its water it is placed on other side of the and AIDS
frame for splitting operation. Similarly the splitting
operation will be done. The force required to make a
punching a young coconut and for splitting a tender coconut
it measures to 712 N and 1277 N. The time required for
making punching and splitting a tender coconut measures to
be 8 second and 12 second. The time required to make a
punching and splitting a young coconut will be less, safer to
operate and the maintenance.
Keywords— young coconut, punching, splitting, force, time,
etc. Fig 1: Tender coconuts

INTRODUCTION The other benefits of Tender coconut are, there is some

evidence that coconut water may help build up immunity,
The coconut tree (Cocosnucifera) is a member of the family
improve kidney function, prevent urinary tract infections (UTI)
Arecaceae (palm family).It is the only accepted species in the
and lower high blood pressure. Some mums find that drinking
genus Cocos. The term coconut can refer to the entire coconut
coconut water helps relieve morning sickness Constipation and
palm, the seed, or the fruit, which, botanically, is a drupe, not
acidity that are common problems during pregnancy. In
a nut. Coconut palms are grown in more than 90 countries of

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traditional medicine or Ayurveda, tender coconut water is used

as a laxative, it is cooling believed to ward off vomiting and
bilious fever .The tender coconut water, the wholesome natural
beverage is mostly sold on road sides and there is no means to
sell the same inside the offices and buildings as the process of
cutting the tender coconut is a tedious, hazardous and risky job
and it needs special skill. Tender coconut water is an
unadulterated, natural, medicinal, drink for all peoples. Tender Fig 3: Manual operated punch cum splitting the tender coconut
coconut plays an important role in the economic, social and The force required for slicing a young coconut is more and
cultural activities of millions of people in our country. India is during punching a young coconut the dust particle (impurities)
the major producer of tender coconut in the world. Coconut present on the top of young coconut will enters into young
provides nutritional water to drink and kernel to eat coconut water which is not feasible to drink. Other drawbacks
THE EXISTING METHODS USED TO PUNCH AND are as mentioned below.
SLICE THE YOUNG COCONUT ARE Limitations:
A. Conventional method of young coconut opening 1. Manual effort is needed.
2. Requires maximum force to slice the tender coconut.
3. Aged people not able to do this.
4. Women are also not able to do this.
The existing methods are risky, unsafe, time consuming and
not suitable for some class of people to operate the machine.
Therefore the present study aims to develop a punch cum
splitter for tender coconut by Pneumatic system it is easy to
operate, time saving, no risk of injury.
MATERIAL AND METHODS
Fig2: Conventional method of tender coconut opening 1.1 Design details
From past years the young coconut is being opened and cut by The punch cum splitter for young coconut is operated by
completely manual effort by using a hard knife. The tools used Human Flywheel system. The main components of this
are unsafe, messy and need skill and training. The risk of machine are Flywheel, Pulley, Belt Drive, Chain drive, Spitter
injury is also too high other drawbacks are as mentioned Tool, Punch Tool, Cutting blade and supporting frame.
below. A. Flywheel Design
LIMITATIONS We know that max. Fluctuation of energy (∆E)
1. Risk of injury (∆E) =I × ɷ2 × Cs-----------------------------------------------------
2. Handicapped people not able to do business -------------equation 1
3. Not able to provide tender coconut as soon as customer I=Mass moment of inertia of the flywheel in kg-m2
orders for new workers I=m×k2
4. Aged people not able to do this. m=Mass of the flywheel in kg
B. Manual operated punch cum splitting the young coconut k=radius of gyration
Cs= =2

ɷ1 and ɷ2 = maximum and minimum speed of the flywheel

during cycle in rad/sec
ɷ mean = mean angular speed during the cycle in rad /sec

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ɷ mean = 31.416 rad /sec

Therefore from above equation 1 3. Working Model
(∆E)=I × ɷ2 × Cs=12.13×10^3=I × 31.4162 × 2.00
I=6.15 kg – m2
If we assume flywheel of 0.7m therefore k = 0.33 m
I=m×k2=6.15=m × 0.332
m=56.5 kg , Weight of flywheel is 56.5 kg
B. Force Exerted By Chain Drive on Shaft

Figure Force exerted due to chain drive on shaft 1

Force exerted on slack side (F0) and Force exerted on tight
side (Fc)
TA = Exerted Torque
TB = Reaction torque exerted on sprocket by shaft
FCX = FC Cos Ө
FCY = FC Sin Ө
Since Ө is very small assume entire force act along X- Fig: 3.1 Actual Fabricated punch cum splitter for young
direction coconut Machine
FC = = = 127.03 N 4. Experimental Reading.
The results of the performance test (Table 4.1) show that the
2. CAD Model
machine performed above 86% efficiency in all the tests cases
Designed model of Punch-Cum-Splitter Machine for Young as expected. It is also obvious from this table that the capacity
Coconut
of the developed machine ranges between 440 and 450

Belt Small
Handle coconuts per hour depending on the operator, however, on
Big seat
pulley
Pulley average an operator cutting 445 coconuts per hour with this
Big Sprocket

Pedal machine. This machine was fabricated with standard and

Chain locally sourced materials and its estimated cost (Rs.18075)
thus, the machine is affordable to small scale farmers and
Splitter Flywheel
tool
Base Frame
maintainable.
Coconut base
Punch Tool

Fig: 2.1 3D view of punch cum splitter for young coconut

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