Onion Grader

Onion Grader

Design of non-powered inclined type Onion Grader

Responsibilities Research, Ideation, modeling, Material requirement planning, fabrication, testings, analysis,

Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay Powai, Maharastra

Pain Points in the Onion Grading System

Secondary Research - Facts

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India is largest producer of Onions

India is

37thlargest consumer of Onions

Cost of existing ‘motorized onion graders’ is not affordable by medium and small farmers

Skinning/Damage to Onion Bulb,

Existing motorized onion graders demand power, where in present scenario there is most of the villages in India are not having proper access to electrical power

If grading is happening in ‘Mega Food Processing Industry’ then Supply chain/Logistics cost,

Issues with existing Onion Grading Products India is the 2nd largest producer of onion in the world and Karnataka is the 2nd largest producer of onion followed by Maharashtra, as the dry zone (Karnataka 4) contributes to the yield to maximum extent. The yield of onion obtained has to be processed in order to gain value in the market. One of the main post harvesting processes is grading, which involves segregations o f bulbs of different diameters ranging from 30mm to 70mm.

There are so many graders available in market which requires lakhs of investment and also maintenance cost in few cases there is lot onion bulb skinning

Bulky High Capital investments Difficult to handle

Avoiding Labor cost and also most of the agrarian laborers are migrated to urban areas to find their bread, henceforth there is scarcity of laborers in rural areas.

User Carries around 30-40 Kgs of Onion in Basket

Quick Fabrication

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Onion Bulbs in Basket (Unsegregated)

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Fill Onion To Hopper

3 Testing Results

1 minute = 50 Kilograms 15-20 minutes = 1Tonne

Segregated Onion

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Plan

(No Investment Strategy)

Agro - machinery On Rent Farm Land 3