Another machine called Continuous Power Operated Coconut Husking Machine [2] was developed in KCAET,
which was a modification of rotary type coconut husking machine. Machines consisted of feeding chute, a husking unit, a
husk separating unit and power transmission unit. The coconut fed at the feeding chute and in the clearance between the
inlet and the drum was slightly compressed and forced to execute rolling or revolutions. In the process, the blade
penetrated the husk and punctured it along different planes. The shear force was exerted upon the coconut by the blades
of the rotating drum and the concave portion caused to rip open the husk along different planes. The full coconuts with
punctured and softened husk fall into the husk separating unit which consists of two knurling rollers. There the softened
and punctured husk is separated and the nut emerges at the outlet. The major problem related to this machine was that it
was bulky and had high power consumption.