TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY

INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING
PULCHOWK CAMPUS

A PROPOSAL ON DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF LAPSI PITTING MACHINE FOR

TITAURA INDUSTRY

PRESENTED BY:
BIBEK ADHIKARI (072/BME/609)
SANYOG LAMSAL (072/BME/638)
SUSHANT POUDEL (072/BME/645)
SUTISHNA POKHAREL (072/BME/646)

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

PULCHOWK, LALITPUR

DECEMBER, 2018
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O U T L I N E O F P R E S E N TAT I O N
• Introduction
• Rationale of Research
• Problem Statement
• Research Purpose
• Validity of Research
• Conceptual Framework and Methodology
• Expected Outcomes
• Budget Estimate
• Schedule
• References 1
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A G R I C U LT U R E I N N E PA L

• Agricultural Country

• 66% directly engaged in farming

• Richly endowed with agro-

biodiversity

• Unfavorable agronomic conditions

• Need to grow diversified crops

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LAPSI

• Choerospondias axillaris

• Nepali hog plum

• Native to much of Asia

• Cultivated in rural Nepal

• Medicinal purpose (Vietnam)

• Made into pickles, fruit tarts, and sour,

spicy candy
3 Source: Wikipedia
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LAPSI PITTING

• Removing seeds from fruit

• Has not been commercialized yet

• Thick sticky flesh

• Hard to cleanly separate flesh and seed

• Needs special purpose machine

• Lacks enough research and interest

4 Source: Alibaba
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NEED FOR RESEARCH

• Preliminary Survey in Sanga

• Seed was separated manually

• Market for a reliable lapsi pitter

• Can help to accelerate manufacturing

• Can be commercialized given a robust

and reliable build.

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REAL LIFE PROBLEM

• Viscous slurry sticks to different parts

• Few similar projects undertaken

• Either crushed seeds

• Or poor flesh separation

• Acceptable flesh separation from

intact seeds

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RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

• Main Objective:
To design and fabricate Lapsi pitting
machine for improved productivity in
Titaura cottage industries of Nepal.

• Specific Objective:
i. To modify/design existing fruit
pitting mechanisms to suit for Lapsi.
ii. To run experiments/simulations of
the mechanisms.
iii. To fabricate the machine and
compare productivity.
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L I T E R AT U R E R E V I E W
• Pneumatic Assisted Electronically
Controlled Continuous Aonla Seed
Removing Machine (Nambi, Jesudas
& Kulandasami, 2012)
• Design and Fabrication of Nepali Hog
Plum Processing Machine for Small
Scale Industry (Awal, et.al, 2018)
• Automatic Olive Pitting Machine
(Drake, E. P., 1941)
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RESEARCH GAP

• Based on commercial juice extractor

• Not suitable for Lapsi

• Showed by limitations of the research

• Only 56% seed pulp efficiency

• Some seeds break while pitting

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

• Literature Review

• Modelling and Simulation

• Fabrication and Assembly

• Performance Evaluation and Testing

• Necessary feedback

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CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

• Literature Review

• Modelling and Simulation

• Fabrication and Assembly

• Performance Evaluation and Testing

• Necessary feedback

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EXPECTED OUTCOMES

• To try to minimize the research gap

• To study and improve upon extracting

flesh of Lapsi efficiently

• Fabricate a robust and reliable lapsi

pitting machine

• Improve efficiency compared to

manual pitting
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E S T I M AT E D B U D G E T
S.No. Particulars Units Quantity Rate(NPR) Total Cost(NPR)
• 1.2 lakhs for procurement 1 Belt pcs 2 525 1050
2 Bearing pcs 5 630 3150
• 20% margin of estimation error 3 Motor pcs 2 14000 28000
4 Stainless steel sheet pcs 1 60000 60000
5 Stainless steel shaft pcs 2 4000 8000
• Total estimated budget of 2.05 lakhs 6 Bolts and Nuts pcs 150 12 1800
7 Pulley pcs 4 1300 5200
8 Castor Wheel pcs 4 950 3800
9 Steel Section pcs 2 1500 3000
10 Lapsi kgs 50 40 2000
11 Nylon Rods kgs 5 950 4750
Total 120750
12 Fabrication Cost 60000
13 Miscellanous (20% of Total) 24150
Net Total 204900

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TIME SCHEDULE

• Design and Simulation before Mid-

term defense

• Fabrication immediately after

• Parallel testing and evaluation with

Fabrication

• 15 days for final touchup

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16-Dec-2018 4-Feb-2019 26-Mar-2019 15-May-2019 4-Jul-2019

Proposal Writing

Literature Review

Field Visit

Concept Design and Research

Designning of the System

System Simulation

Fabrication and Assembly

Testing and Evaluation

Updating the Machine

Documentation

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REFERENCES
1. Chhetri, R. & Gauchan, D., 2006. Traditional knowledge on fruit pulp processing of Lapsi in Kavrepalanchowk district of Nepal.
Indian Journal of Traditional Knowledge.
2. FAO, 2015. Nepal At a Glance. [Online]
Available at: http://www.fao.org/nepal/fao-in-nepal/nepal-at-a-glance/en/
3. Fellows, P., 2000. Food Processing Technology. 2nd ed. CRC Press.
4. Freedonia, 2018. World Food Processing Machinery. [Online]
Available at: https://www.freedoniagroup.com/industry-study/world-food-processing-machinery-3275.htm
5. Lama, A., Awal, B., KC, P. & Khanal, Y., 2018. Design and Fabrication of Nepali Hog Plum Processing Machine for Small Scale
Industry, Kathmandu: Thapathali Campus.
6. Ministry of Finance, Government of Nepal, 2012. Economic Survey of Fiscal Year 2011/12, Kathmandu: Ministry of Finance,
Government of Nepal.
7. Nambi, Jesudas & Kulandasami, 2012. Pneumatic Assisted Electronically Controlled Continuous Aonla Seed Removing
Machine. CIGR Journal, 14(2), pp. 14-44.
8. Paudel, KC, Laimer, M. & Laimer, M., 2003. Evaluation of Lapsi tree (Choerospondias axillaris, Roxb.) for fruit production in
Nepal.
9. Rajbhandari, R., Shrestha, L. K. & Pradhananga, R. R., 2012. Nanoporous Activated Carbon Derived from Lapsi
(Choerospondias Axillaris) Seed Stone for the Removal of Arsenic from Water. Journal of Nanoscience and Nanotechnology.

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