Intelligent Bean De-Skinning Machine: Gout Preventive Solution
Description
Beans tend to make people gassy and bloated. This is because the body can find it difficult to digest the beans. The beans are difficult to break down, and also, most beans have purines, which are supposed to elevate uric acid, which in turn is supposed to be bad for gout. Skin of bean being consumed is the major source of gout. Thus, a gout preventive bean deskinning machine is designed, constructed and tested in this innovation. The main objective is to remove the outer skin or husk from beans. A camera is used to capture the image of bean being fed into the crusher drum. Artificial intelligence is applied to determine to the size of the bean. An automatic linear adjuster will manipulate the spacing within the crusher drum. A specific mechanism which involves 2 gear-tooth rotational drum to crush the bean into two portions in order to loosen the outer skin. When the beans come in contact with the rough surface of the drum, the frictional force will help loosen the skin. Finally, the peeled beans are collected separately, ready for further processing or packaging. The removed skin, known as chaff or husk, is typically discarded as a byproduct.
Highlights
Gout preventive bean deskinning machine is successfully constructed in this project. It is the only machine in the market which can peel off (deskinned) the beans by optimally self-adjusting based on the bean types, without using chemicals, crushing, blending, or threshing. AI based bean crusher spacing adjuster separates the bean and removes the skin of the bean completely, this is an achievement compared to the conventional bean de-skinning machine which removes 85%-88% of the skin. With efficient removal of the skin of beans, it reduces the percentage of purine in food or drinks that we consumed. Hence lower the percentage of gout in consumer's body. The main function of the bean de-skinning machine is that it can automatically peel off the skin of the bean according to the size of the bean, this enables minimal wastage during the process. The scalability of the product is very high and suitable for: • Coffee industry, i.e., coffee bean. • Snack food industry, i.e., roasted chickpeas. • Agricultural industry, i.e., reducing labor costs and improving processing times. • Specialty food industry, i.e., high-end bean-based products.
Contact Person/Inventor
Name | Contact Phone | |
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Ooi Shih Yin | syooi@mmu.edu.my | 60124290731 |
MRDCS
Award
Award Title | Award Achievement | Award Year Received |
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Malaysian Technology Expo | MTE 2023 | 2023 |
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