innovation catalogue

This device is a fully automated, cost effective husking machine for areca nut growers. The innovation is ready to market with a capacity to process 40 kg of areca nuts per hour, at a safe and comfortable pace of working. Indian Patent (2912/CHE/2008) has been filed for the Innovation. The product has been marketed under the banner of Sri Durga Engineering Works. Tamilnadu Agricultural University is one of the clients for the machine.

This is a highly efficient, low cost, machine used for peeling of cassava roots, which are further used for many applications in the food industry.

The husking of dry areca nut is done manually, which is a very tedious process and requires a large number of skilled workers. Getting skilled workers during the peak season is a challenging task for the areca nut farmers. For better peeling of dry arecanuts, Narsimha modified his earlier arecanut husking machine using the relative motion between the high-speed rotating cushioned discs. A 1 hp motor powers the husking disc and a blower of 2 hp power is provided to blow away the husk. The capacity of the machine is 40 kg/h of dry arecanuts and the husking efficiency is estimated to be around 90 per cent. NIF has filed a patent (2912/CHE/2008) for the technology in the innovator’s name.

A food-grade highly cost competitive, fully automated machinery designed for bulk quantity peeling of garlic without damaging the garlic and maintaining the original property. This has wide application in pickle industry and use in herbal medicine (Pharma). The machine is energy efficient and saves labour. It economizes operating cost, saves initial capital investments and removes capacity constraints caused by shortage of human labour in peak season for the pickle industry. An Indian Patent has been filed for the product and it has also been supported under MVIF for commercialization.

Grading of raisins define a process to scale them on the basis of their size, mainly used for raisin preparation. Traditionally, the grapes are washed and twigs and debris are removed form each grape. This consumes a lot of time and energy. This single machine saves time by removing the twigs and debris from the raisins, separates the debris and the raisins and grades them by size simultaneously. The quality of the raisins graded is inspected visually. A cost efficient innovation to grade/sort the raisins (dried grapes) according to size thereby reducing time consumed than manual grading. It is also used for cleaning the raisin to remove dust, twigs and other foreign. It is available in two models of 2 and 4 tonnes capacity.

A cost effective, food grade, machine for the pickle industry having innovative design of continues feeding system to facilitate cutting of large quantity of lemon in uniform shape and sizes. It can be operated by one person. The machine is designed to optimize safety.An Indian Patent No. (221309) has been granted for the Innovation. The Innovation has been supported under MVIF.

A cost efficient, innovatively designed machine to separate the pepper berries from the pepper vines.

The machine is a small agro processing machinery that has the capability for deseeding upto 5 kgs. of Pomegranate in 3-5 mins. The feeding can be done either by batch feeding of upto 5 kgs. of pomegranate fruit, or continuous feeding of one fruit at a time. There is a high degree of separation of seeds from the peel and other fibrous part of the pomegranate fruit.

This is a portable multipurpose unit which is capable of processing various plants like Aloe vera, Gooseberries, etc. to extract gel, juice etc. similarly extracting essence from Chillies, Coriander, flowers (Rose, Jasmine, etc.) and fruit juice/ pulp from Mangoes, Tomatoes, Oranges etc. with good efficiency. It can also be used as a big pressure cooker as and when required. Multiple utility and multi processing capability of the device processes the raw material in several ways and thus giving multi products as end products. An Indian Patent (367/DEL/2008) has been filed for the Innovation. The project has also been supported for venture assistance.