DEVELOPMENT AND TESTING OF A SEMI-AUTOMATIC MACHINE FOR MAKING NOODLES

Abstract

As part of the research, a shaft for cutting flat noodles of 4 mm and 2 mm for a semi-automatic portable noodle-making machine was developed and tested. The main diameter of these shafts was 14 mm. The theoretical analysis observed the von Mises stress flat noodle-cutting shaft and the effective stress of the noodle-cutting shaft of 4 mm. In a numerical analysis using FEA, the von Mises stress and effective stress of the shaft were observed for cutting 4 mm flat noodles. According to the results, the maximum percentage errors between the theoretical and numerical FEA results were 13.7% and 16.8%, respectively. In the experimental part, the capacity and efficiency of the semi-automatic machine for making noodles were analyzed. The average capacity and efficiency of the 4 mm flat noodle machine was 71 kg/h, while the average capacity and efficiency of the 2 mm flat noodle machine was 73 kg/h. The research results showed that the 2 mm flat noodle machine has a higher capacity than the 4 mm flat noodle machine, but their efficiency is the same at 93%.

Keywords

• development
• noodles-making machine
• fea
• asme code equation
• capacity
• efficiency