Projeto de uma decorticadora automatizada de Noz Pecan

Abstract

The development of machines to aid human life has taken place hundreds of years, with the main objective being that everyone has access to basic precepts, such as food. In this scope arises the design of an automated Decorticadora of Noz Pecan in order to develop a machine capable of realizing a part of the beneficiation of the Nut with the lowest possible cost and respecting the design requirements. It is known that in all project development it is necessary to first develop the conceptual project with all its peculiarities, then the preliminary project and finally the Detailed project, but these processes are not sequential, but cyclical, that is, they are iterative processes, therefore this work brings the sizing, with analytical tools and simulation in Finite Elements, and the optimization of the design of a Pecan Nut Decorating Machine. The result was a construction project with seven modules, which used only the usual manufacturing processes and easily located items in the market in order to reduce the cost of the final product.