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Argan Nut Cracker for Southwestern Moroccan Women

机译：摩洛哥西南坚果的坚果坚果饼干

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Southwestern Moroccan women crack the hardest nuts (Argan) in the world between two stones by hand for nine hours a day, six days a week. Most women complain of pain in the fingers due to the repetitive nature of the cracking activity and some suffer from broken fingers. They receive little compensation for this hard work and, as a result, have formed cooperatives for both companionship and improvement in productivity. Nut cracking is the bottleneck in the overall process of oil production from the nut kernel. In an effort to strengthen the women's cooperatives, a simple device was designed, fabricated and tested with the goal of increasing productivity while alleviating the dangers of hand cracking. Testing of 30 Argan nuts from the Touradant region of Southwestern Morocco was performed on a material testing machine to establish the force to crack the shell in relation to nut orientation. The results revealed no significant relationship between dimensional properties of the Arganrnnut and the cracking force. This information was used in the development of a hand operated nut cracking device. The device included a lever arm, an autoloader (rotator hexagonal wheel) and the associated harmonizing mechanism, a nut feed hopper, a cracking ram and plate, and a wooden housing that held all the elements together. The cost was estimated to be below US$100.00, essentially a fifth of what the women currently earn in a year. The devicernperformed satisfactorily with respect to yielding intact kernels. However, further modifications were needed before realizing the target increase in cracking speed. Funding is being sought to fabricate and test the second generation device in the hands of the Moroccan women.
机译：西南摩洛哥妇女每周六天每天要花9个小时，用手在两块石头之间裂开世界上最坚硬的坚果（Argan）。大多数妇女抱怨由于重复活动的本质而导致手指疼痛，有些妇女手指折断。他们为此付出的辛苦付出很少，因此结成伙伴关系以提高生产力。坚果开裂是坚果仁采油整个过程的瓶颈。为了加强妇女合作社，设计，制造和测试了一种简单的设备，目的是在提高生产率的同时减轻手裂的危险。在材料测试机上对来自摩洛哥西南部Touradant地区的30个Argan螺母进行了测试，以建立与螺母方向相关的使壳破裂的力。结果表明，Arganrnnut的尺寸特性与开裂力之间没有显着关系。该信息被用于开发手动螺母开裂装置。该设备包括一个杠杆臂，一个自动加载器（六角形转子）和相关的协调机构，一个螺母进料斗，一个裂锤和一个板，以及一个将所有元​​件固定在一起的木制外壳。估计费用低于100美元，基本上是妇女目前一年收入的五分之一。就产生完整的内核而言，该设备的性能令人满意。然而，在实现裂化速度的目标增加之前，需要进一步的修改。正在寻求资金来制造和测试摩洛哥妇女手中的第二代设备。

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    William S. Kisaalita; Meghan Shealy; Max J. Neu; Philip Jones; Jonathan Dunn;

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    Biological and Agricultural Engineering College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences and Faculty of Engineering Driftmier Engineering Center Athens, GA 30602, GREECE;

    Biological and Agricultural Engineering College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences;

    Biological and Agricultural Engineering College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences;

    Biological and Agricultural Engineering College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences;

    Biological and Agricultural Engineering College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences;

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