Over the years, sugarcane production in Nigeria has been championed by small-scale farmer
who end up terminating the juice extraction at the consumption level using the teeth to bite off
the rind and chewing on the internal tissue to suck up the juice. To boost the production of
sugarcane and its products, Dr. Ukatu A. C. (Late) and Mr. Soetan A. C., created a sugarcane
juice extraction machine fabricated and constructed in the Agricultural Engineering department
of the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. This juice extraction machine, constructed over
two year ago, has a juice extraction efficiency of 70 – 77% and a rate of juice extraction of 60 –
65%.
To this end, the required improvement and modification for the machine is to be carried out in
the course of this project work. This includes the maintenance and cleaning of the machine
parts, identification of the required improvements, casing of the machine operating chamber for
the juice extraction, painting and aesthetic improvement, and testing the machine performance.
To achieve this, the appropriate materials were purchased from a Gate market in the city of
Ibadan, Oyo state, while the sugarcane specimens of the Saccharum officinarum species, were
purchased from Eleweran market, Abeokuta, Ogun state. The purchased materials for the
machine improvement work were fashioned into the required form and installed, while the
purchased sugarcane was used in testing the improved machine.
Finally, aside the obvious upgrade in the aesthetics of the machine, the improved sugarcane
juice extraction machine for the cottage industry was tested and the extraction efficiency was
obtained as a range of 65% – 76%, while the rate of juice extraction is 56.19kg/hr.
Over the years, sugarcane production in Nigeria has been championed by small-scale farmerwho end up terminating the juice extraction at the consumption level using the teeth to bite offthe rind and chewing on the internal tissue to suck up the juice. To boost the production ofsugarcane and its products, Dr. Ukatu A. C. (Late) and Mr. Soetan A. C., created a sugarcanejuice extraction machine fabricated and constructed in the Agricultural Engineering departmentof the University of Agriculture, Abeokuta. This juice extraction machine, constructed overtwo year ago, has a juice extraction efficiency of 70 – 77% and a rate of juice extraction of 60 –65%.To this end, the required improvement and modification for the machine is to be carried out inthe course of this project work. This includes the maintenance and cleaning of the machineparts, identification of the required improvements, casing of the machine operating chamber forthe juice extraction, painting and aesthetic improvement, and testing the machine performance.To achieve this, the appropriate materials were purchased from a Gate market in the city ofIbadan, Oyo state, while the sugarcane specimens of the Saccharum officinarum species, werepurchased from Eleweran market, Abeokuta, Ogun state. The purchased materials for themachine improvement work were fashioned into the required form and installed, while thepurchased sugarcane was used in testing the improved machine.Finally, aside the obvious upgrade in the aesthetics of the machine, the improved sugarcanejuice extraction machine for the cottage industry was tested and the extraction efficiency wasobtained as a range of 65% – 76%, while the rate of juice extraction is 56.19kg/hr.
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