Influence of Husking Machine Type, and its Clearance on the Factory Rice, Mashkhab (M-33) Cultivar

Abstract

This study aims to know the impact of the peeling machine type and the clearances on some qualitative characteristics of the Mashkhab (M-33) cultivar rice production. It was observed from this study that the S-KB40 peeling machine was significantly superior to the Y-ST50 peeling machine in all the studied characteristics, while it achieved the highest results with a clearance of 0.9cm, except for the husking efficiency that achieved the highest results with the clearance 0.5 cm. The experiments were conducted in a factorial experiment under CRD with three replications. For S-KB40 the MP, PR, HE, BR and CR were 1.747t.hr−1, 15.180Kw, 75.94 %,7.251% and 5.807% respectively. For 0.9cm clearance the MP, PR, HE, BR and CR, were 1.885 t.hr−1, 14.625 Kw, 74.03%,6.754 and 5.173% respectively.