Development of a Vegetable slicing Machine From Locally Sourced Materials

ABSTRACT

In an attempt to facilitate the processing of vegetable material which is a daily nutritional food

requirement of man, a vegetable slicing machine has been developed. This paper therefore

presents the developmerit of a vegeuble slicing machine which is a mechantcat device that is

used for slicing vegetable materials instead of the cnlde cumbersome and

unhygienic method of manual slicing of vegetable materials. l*he dwdoped machine

consists ofthe hopper, the cutter housing, the cutting blades, thc sprout. the shaft, and a

wooden handle. The machine was designed to enhance the hy~ienic slicing vegetable

materials for both dowstic and commercial consumption and it can aceommodate up to

fifteen cutting bfdes made of high sped steel matetial.