• Dushant U. Meshram
• Dr. C. C. Handa
• Mr. A. S. Hande

Maize is most common cereal grain in the world. In India after the rice and wheat, maize is the third most important crop. In India many farmers grow maize but could not afford the cost of acquiring some of the imported threshing machines because of their cost. The maize is shelled traditionally by hands. This is done in such a way that maize is rubbed against another until the grains are removed from the cob. This method is time consuming with low productivity. Maize Sheller machine is constructed to shell maize and separate the cob from the grains. It was constructed from locally available materials and its cost is low and affordable. Design of various parts of maize sheller machine using different methodology. Design of the machine could be operated continuously for a comparatively long time with high shelling rate without causing damage to kernels. Four shelling units can be provided for shelling of maize cobs and operated with the chain and sprocket arrangement. The results revealed that the machine was easy to operate with an average kernel shelling rate .when operated by persons with no any kernel damage.

"DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAL OPERATED MAIZE SHELLER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.143-146, May-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBQ06025.pdf

"DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF PEDAL OPERATED MAIZE SHELLER", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp143-146, May-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRBQ06025.pdf