Development of a Manually Operated Oyster Shell Crusher

Authors

  • A. T. M. Ziauddin Professor, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh
  • S. C. Das Post-graduate Student, Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh-2202, Bangladesh

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.61361/jambe.v3i12.74

Keywords:

Crusher, Gear and bearing, Calcium, Poultry feed, Oyster shell

Abstract

A manually operated oyster shell crusher was fabricated and evaluated. The crusher consists of two knurling rollers, two gears, two bush bearings, two adjustment bolts, one handle, one hopper and a tray. When the crushing rollers was powered by hand through a handle, the oyster shell as received through the hopper was crushed by the rotating rollers. The performance tests indicated that the device could crush 17.80, 7.51, 3.7 3.76 kg/hr in Ist phase of reduction, 2nd phase of reduction and 3rd phase of reduction, respectively. The average efficiency of the device was found to be 97%. The crusher can be used for crushing of oyster shell, snails etc. with high satisfaction.

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Published

1996-12-31

Issue

Vol. 3 No. 1&2 (1996)

Section

Original Research

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