Design and analysis of salt collector

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Design and analysis of salt collector

Journal Title: Journal of Achievements in Materials and Manufacturing Engineering - Year 2016, Vol 74, Issue 2

Abstract

Purpose: Salt is one of the important cooking ingredients used in our daily life. TamilNadu is the second largest producer of salt in India, next only to Gujarat. The salt iscollected manually by the labours. Since, there was no equipment to collect the salt fromthe Salt Pan. The paper describes the design and analysis of the salt collecting equipment.The salt from the Salt Pan which consists of salt water can be removed by this equipment.The wooden plate which is present in the equipment will collect the salt and pushes them toboth the sides of the Salt Pan. The hand wheel can be used to move the equipment to frontand back motion. Another hand wheel is operated to move the wooden plate to the left andright corner which covers all the places of the Salt Pan. This equipment can be modifiedand reduced to suitable size as per the length of the Salt Pan varies. In the manufacturingprocess, the suitable length of the pipe is to be selected for the required length.Design/methodology/approach: Thus, it will reduce the time and also the number oflabours in the Salt Pan can be reduced. Salt Evaporation Ponds, also called Salterns orSalt Pans, are shallow artificial ponds designed to extract salts from sea water or otherbrines. The seawater or brine is fed into large ponds and water is drawn out through naturalevaporation which allows the salt to be subsequently harvested. The ponds also provide aproductive resting and feeding ground for many species of water birds, which may includeendangered species. The ponds are commonly separated by levees. The salt collectingtechnique is a tedious process in which the salt collected by the labours is done by means ofhands, in case we are going to replace the manual collecting method into machine collectingthat is the separation of salt from the salt water in the Salt Pan.Findings: The labours needed for the salt preparation process are very less in number. Byimplementing this idea we can greatly reduces the time and the number of labours involvedin the Salt Pan. Salt has a very high corrosion effect. It can damage to the human skins. Highintensity reflection of sunlight from salt and saline cause eye problems. The damage can beeasily rectified by this method.Practical implications: And, hence the overall salt production efficiency can beincreased. The salt collector will replace the old salt collecting method and serves as theuseful equipment to the workers in the Salt Pan.Originality/value: In Future, it can be made automatically by using motor and overallprocess can also be made by FRP which has high corrosion resistance.

Authors and Affiliations

J. Naveen, K. Muthuvel, G. Karthikeyan, V. Gowtham

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