Diseño y construcción de una máquina despulpadora de capulí con capacidad de 20 litros/h. para el Conagopare - Cotopaxi

Abstract

This Project is based in the design and construction of a machine that removes the capuli's pulp with 20 liters of capacity for the community of San José de Poaló belonging to the National Council of Rural Parochial Governments of Ecuador - Cotopaxi District, (CONAGOPARE-Cotopaxi). For this, an approach was made that allowed to determine the needs of the inhabitants of the parish of San José de Poaló, with respect to the overproduction of Capuli, which was presented at the beginning of the year. From the above, through a market research on pulping machines, it was possible to select the best alternative for the correct design and construction of the mentioned machine. As a result, a horizontal pulp machine was built, since it meets the technical and production requirements of the parish, unlike the production generated by a vertical pulp machine. In another aspect, for the dimensioning of the elements that make up the machine, the capacity that must be produced per hour was taken into account; Likewise, with regard to the materials, the AISI 316 steel was used in all the elements, and analogously to the structure, which is responsible for supporting the weight of the elements of the pulper, the structural steel ASTM A36 was used. Considering above all that the capulí is a product for human consumption and it must follow established food standards to manufacture the machine. With the intention of facilitating the design and simulation of the parts that make up this machine, computer-aided design (CAD) SolidWorks software was used, which allowed a correct management of the construction process and technical validation. Keywords: design, capuli, pulp machine, pulp, capacity.