Browsing Mechanical Engineering Staff Publications by Subject "Design"

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    • Design of a rice transplanter for Zimbabwean farmers 

      Mushiri, Tawanda; Gutsa, Brighton; Mbohwa, Charles (IEOM Society International, 2013-04-11)
      Rice is a crop of growing importance in Zimbabwe but with a production of only 700 metric tonnes. This is because in wetlands it is largely grown by broadcasting of seeds and seedlings; and manual transplanting of seedlings. ...

    • Design of an Automated Powered Peanut Shelling Machine. 

      Shoko, Alimon Z.; Mushiri, Tawanda (Mechanical engineering, 2017-06)
      Groundnut is predominantly grown by communal farmers in Zimbabwe. The price of shelled kernel is approximately double that of pod. Hand shelling of peanuts is a time consuming and laborious process which is mostly used in ...

    • Design of an electrically powered bending machine: case of Zimbabwe 

      Mushiri, Tawanda; Shumba, Definite; mbohwa, Charles (IEOM Society International, 2017-04-11)
      This paper seeks to carry out design of a small scale electrically powered bending machine for a developing nation, case for Zimbabwe. The bending of metal is of great importance in the manufacture of products such as nut ...