Diseño y simulación de un molino dosificador para procesar 40 kg/h de pasta de maíz en la asociación “Alimentando con Sabiduría - ASESORALASAB”, ubicada en la parroquia Imantag perteneciente al cantón Cotacachi provincia de Imbabura

Abstract

The objective of this study is to design a dosing mill capable of processing 40kg per hour of pasta for humitas, this amount is the result of mixing ground corn and the ingredients used for its preparation, the same amount that is reflected in the dosage of in such a way that the machine tends to produce 571 humitas of 70 grams per portion, covering the required capacity. The design of this machine will later be built and used as a work tool for the preparation of typical foods in the Association of Services "Feeding with wisdom", which is located in Imantag, a parish belonging to the province of Imbabura. The same one that has the vision of inserting itself into the pre-prepared food market with this product, for this reason it has proceeded to design using material that complies with the EN ISO 12100-1 sanitary regulation established by the INEN, referring to food processing machinery. food for human consumption, selecting stainless steel of various specifications for the construction of all components that will have direct contact with food. This writing consists of four chapters, in the first one a compilation of information is carried out in order to know the theoretical aspects involved in the design. In chapter II, we proceed to select reference equipment that fulfills the tasks required by the global process, which is to prepare a homogeneous paste for humitas. The selection is made mainly according to the process diagram and criteria of efficiency, performance and economic factor, which are aspects that are desired to be found in a machine for production. Once the processes to be carried out have been established, the components of the dosing mill are designed, referring to calculations, tables, theories and production requirements, the process of which is described in Chapter III. Finally, chapter IV evaluates the feasibility of the project by analyzing investment costs.