ABSTRACT
A palm nut and fibre separator was designed, fabricated and tested. The basic features of the separator are feeding
chute, pulverizing unit, separating unit, discharge outlets and the prime mover. The machine was tested at three different
machine angle of tilt (100
, 200
and 300
), two different levels of moisture content termed (dry and wet) and three levels of
fibre discharge openings (5, 10 and 15mm). Test results showed that the machine gave its best work performance with dry
mixture at 10mm fibre discharge opening and 200
machine angle of tilt. The throughput capacity, separating efficiency and
quality performance efficiency were 201.4kg/hr, 96.3% and 81.2% respectively. The cost of producing one unit of the palm
nut and fibre separator as at the time of fabrication was estimated to be twenty thousand, four hundred and sixty naira
(N20,460) not including the cost of electric motor, and the power required for operating the machine was 2.25kW