India being the largest producer of pomegranate is a host to various cultivated as well as wild varieties. Pomegranate is high in demand due to its rich nutrients, dietary fibers, foliates and vitamins. Wild pomegranate grows in vast tracts of mid altitude in Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and Jammu and Kashmir states of India. It is highly valued for its nutritious arils and peel which is source of additional income to farming communities. Local farmers harvest wild pomegranate, extract arils and peels, and sun dry them for sale. In the absence of efficient aril extraction technology, the farmers undertake strenuous and time-consuming labour. Yet, they are unable to process the entire harvested pomegranate during its short shelf-life coinciding with September rains. As a result, much of the harvested fruits rot and remain unutilized. In order to improve local extraction processing and to overcome the difficulties, RuTAG, IIT Roorkee has designed an electrically operated light weight pomegranate aril extraction machine.
Salient features Pomegranate Seed Extraction Machine
The pomegranate seed separation mechanism is highly efficient with little damage to grains.
It is light weight electrically operated machine for extracting Seeds of pomegranate.
It can completely extract Seeds of 50-60 kg pomegranate in one hour without damaging them.
Dissemination Potential- It has a large demand for extraction the seed from the locally grown pomegranate (Dadim) in Himachal Pradesh and Uttarakhand.
Tentative Cost of the Unit – Rs. 30,000 /-
Demand Driven Technology- Newly developed Pomegranate seed extraction machines can extract arils of 50-60 kg pomegranate in one hour as compared to maximum of 10 kg in an hour by using local technology in Himachal Pradesh. The employment of this developed machine could help in rapid aril extraction to prevent rotting fruits which cannot be processed in time because of the unavailability of efficient machines to the local people.
NGO- Parvatiya Jan Siksha evam Vikas Sangthan Siromour Himachal Pradesh.
Capable of deseeding 2 kg of pomegranate fruit in 25 sec.
4 times faster than conventional machine.
Improve local livelihood of the marginal farmer who are involved in Pomegranate processing.
Feedback from the Users- It is observed that, Pomegranate Seed Extraction Machine is very useful in extracting the seed from the wild pomegranate. It will definitely help the local farmers of this area. - (Parbhu Dyal Sharma, Chairman NGO Parvatiya Jan Shiksha Avem Vikas Sangthan,Sirmour)
Field Training on Pomegranate Seed Extraction Machine for Parvatiya Jan Shiksha Avem Vikas Sangthan, Sirmour Himachal Pradesh.
A Training program was conducted by RuTAG staff, to artisans working in the area in association with District Rural Development Agency and Shri Prabhu Dayal Sharma, Chairman of Parvatiya Jan Shiksha Avem Vikas Sangthan,Sirmour, a NGOs working in this area.
