Litchi Peeling Machine
Litchi peeling is an important unit operation for further processing and value addition. Till date the peeling of litchi is done manually, which was slow, low capacity, labour intensive, unhygienic and involved lot of drudgery. Therefore, there was a need to develop a machine to remove the peel of litchi to get quality pulp hygienically. Technology Details The developed machine removes the peel of litchi in a way that pulp remains intact, which can be used for further processing. It is a versatile machine and can be manufactured in different capacities. The machine consists of a feeding section, singulating system and set of peeling rollers. It has a capacity of 60 kg/h (when single roller set is used) and capacity doubles by adding another set of rollers. Thus, the peeling takes place without any hand touch. The machine can be operated by one skilled worker and it requires 1 hp power.