Adaptability of PKV mini dal mill for processing pulses

Abstract

The PKV mini dal mill is commercialized and being used successfully by more than 250 users in India and one abroad. The unit is mainly meant for preparation of pulse splits (dal) from pigeonpea, black gram, green gram, soybean, etc. However, to enhance its versatility, the efforts were being made towards its probable utility for cleaning of rain affected green gram. The rain affected and powdery grains of green gram could be efficiently cleaned and polished using leather roller operated at 900 rpm with feed rate of 300 kg/h. Thus cleaned green gram could fetch 8.3% higher market price, over uncleaned one.