Construcción de una máquina despulpadora de frutas con una capacidad de 20 l/h, para la Comunidad Salesiana san Francisco Javier, del cantón Guaranda provincia de Bolívar

Abstract

The main objective of this project it’s build a fruit pulping machine, which is able to extract and remove the peel and seed from the fruit to obtain pulp; through the study of the area, was determined that there is no machine as such that performs this action. The machine consists of a hopper, box and lid that are designed to support the entry of the fruit and cut it, as well as the whole box and its scrapers. Through the analysis of parameters, the needs required for the construction of a machine capable of pulping are established. According to the respective calculations for the selection of each element, thanks to this, a prototype was built in austenitic stainless steel AISI 304, which through tests is obtained as a result that has a capacity of 20l/h, this capacity depends on the diameter of the sieve hole of 4 mm, its rotation speed and scrapers, helping to reduce manual labor, thus contributing as a benefit, an optimization of time and money.