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Invennovations > Categories > Shellers
Universal Nut Sheller
Information Verified by Invennovator:
Invennovation: Universal Nut Sheller
Targeted Beneficiaries: Communities in the developing world.
Need Addressed: Access to foodstuffs.
Invennovation Goals: To create a product which increases a community’s access to certain crops that must be shelled.
Description of Invennovation: The Universal Nut Sheller is a hand-powered device that can shell 125 pounds of peanuts per hour, and can also shell a number of other crops.
Uniqueness: This sheller does not require electricity and greatly reduces the amount of time necessary to shell, and therefore prepare, certain crops for consumption.Dimensions/Weight (Metric): Unknown
User Requirements for Proper Functionality: Hand-operated.
Cost(s) (USD): $50.00 -$75.00
Minimum Order Quantity: N/A – manufactured by local people.
Production Capacity: N/A
Manufacturing Specs Available: The process of shelling works by centrifugal force and friction. The Universal Nut Sheller is a concrete cone within a cone, open at the top and bottom, with the interior cone being solid. The interior cone, or rotor, rotates on a shaft and has an attached handle (note: only one moving part!). The user turns the handle around fast enough to spin the nuts to the outside through centrifugal force. The nuts fall between the surfaces and are rolled and squeezed, allowing the nuts and shells to fall through to the bottom. This mix of nuts and shells is then winnowed out. The sheller is adjustable and can shell coffee, peanuts, shea, and jatropha.
Other Invennovations Available: Pedal-Powered Agricultural Center, Electric Powered Agricultural Center.Invennovator: The Full Belly Project
Invennovator Goals: To design and distribute income-generating agricultural devices to improve life in developing countries.
Years in Operation: Unknown, but shellers have been introduced in-country through third party organizations since 2003.
Stage (Start Up or Expansion): Expansion
Ready for Market (Yes, No, Date): Yes
Primary Contact(s): Not found
Languages Spoken: English
Phone Number: 910-452-0975
Physical Address: The Full Belly Project, PO Box 7874, Wilmington, NC 28406.
Email Address: info@fullbellyproject.org
Website: http://www.thefullbellyproject.org/
Other Links (YouTube/Media Etc): http://www.popularmechanics.com/technology/industry/4225816.html?series=37&page=6&?series=37; http://www.instructables.com/id/Universal-Nut-Sheller/; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Universal_Nut_Sheller; http://www.cbseyemobile.com/users/LocationsNC/channel/item/62230; http://www.cbseyemobile.com/users/LocationsNC/channel/item/62092.
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Strategic Partners: Not found
Current Geographic Coverage: The Bahamas, The Democratic Republic of Congo, Gambia, Ghana, Guatemala, Guyana, Haiti, India, Kenya, Mali, Malawi, Nigeria, Philippines, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Sudan, Tajikistan, Uganda and Zambia.
Current Distribution Mechanisms: Training in-country manufacturers to produce and sell the technologies themselves.
Current Distribution Capabilities: Currently focused in Malawi.
Looking for Distributors: Yes
If so, where?: Not found; currently identifying local, in-country NGOs to partner with in distributing this technology to those who need it.
Training Materials Available: Yes – project holds in-country trainings.
Marketing Materials Available: NoInvennovator’s Comments:
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