Senior Design 05-06: Team 3

Team "Got Juice?" will design, test, and build two machines. The machines will improve two steps of a process currently used in Uganda to make Gari. The steps in the current process are, harvesting, peeling, washing, grinding, pressing, drying, and storing. Got Juice will design one machine to improve the grinding step and one machine to improve the pressing step. The grinding machine will produce cassava particles with a diameter of .1 mm to 2 mm. The second machine will employ a press to squeeze the ground cassava and separate the solids from the liquid. The solid and liquid products will be collected separately and processed further according to the current process. The water content of the squeezed cassava will be below 15 % (by weight). The two machines will be safe, durable, lightweight and human-powered.

The idea of designing machinery to improve the process of making Gari from cassava was introduced to us by the Christian Reformed World Relief Committee (CRWRC). The CRWRC is undertaking the creation of a cassava farm, which will allow local Ugandans to produce large quantities of Gari.

 

 

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