In recent years, due to the influence and promotion of several factors, the Chinese market
demands for prepared foods have grown rapidly. However, there are still many problems …

Breaking the cocoa pod and extracting the beans is a strenuous and laborious task; hence
an attempt was made to design and optimize a mechanized continuous cocoa beans …

Automation has played a vital role, not only in modern industrial processes, but also in
agricultural crop processing systems. It is characterized by self-acting machines and devices …

Onion bulbs contain outer papery dry peel which is rich with industrially important high-value
compounds. Removal of dry peel/scale of onion is the common practice during bulb …

The increase demand of shea butter and its product globally has contributed immensely in
its traditional household and small scale production in countries where it is present. This …

Abstract Machines used in various production processes have an efficiency which is less
than a hundred percent. This can be due to inadequate design, inappropriate …

Apricot (Prunus armeniaca. L) is an important stone fruit grown abundantly in the temperate
climate. Traditionally, the fruit stone (pit), leftover part of fruit after utilizing apricot flesh …

Corresponding Author: Jiya AG, Biological Science, Federal Polytechnic Bida, Niger State
Nigeria. Tel: 07030393603 E-mail: ganaibro74@ yahoo. com A response surface …

A response surface methodology (RSM) has been utilized for investigating the effects of the
speed of shelling, melon seed moisture content and the number of beaters of a developed …

Cassava grating is a size reduction process that converts peeled cassava tubers into
cassava mash. Grating cassava tubers using the conventional graters makes the process …