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DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A THREE PHASE POULTRY BIRD DE-FEATHERING MACHINE

A poultry bird defeathering machine was designed and fabricated in the department of Agricultural and Bio-Environmental Engineering, Federal Polytechnic Ilaro. The machine consisted of a feather plate on which rubber pluckers were arranged, a defeathering chamber on which rubber pluckers were set in an array and was powered with a 1.5kW electric motor. A single phase (defeathering chamber) of the machine was tested at three operating speeds of 200, 280 and 360 rpm, which were obtained by using belt, pulley and a variable resistor system.


Author(s): AdenigbaAdemolaAdebukola

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