Manual Chipper

Purpose	Chipping root and tuber crops; Cassava, Yam, Potato, Sweet Potato and also Plantain
Output	Up to 200 Kg per hour
Target client	Household & Small-scale commercial processing
Advantage	Efficient cutting even with very fibrous roots, Eliminates de-fibering operation, Produces uniform sizes of chips with minimum stumps, Lightweight and movable, Simple to operate, Resulting chips dries and/or ferment faster, thus improving product quality and capacity
Disadvantage	Dics are expensive and difficult to obtain(30-50 US$ fob Nigeria), Seat and size of machine too low for most people, (comment made by PH Uganda)
Cost	US$ 150
Market potential / Status	Model needs egronomical improvments (comments made by users in Uganda)
Information provided by	Post-harvest Engineering Unit, IITA, Nigeria
Illustrations	Technical Drawing 1 Technical Drawing 2 Technical Drawing 3

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