INTRODUCING EFFECTIVE

TECHNOLOGY FOR CASSAVA

PROCESSING

OLUWAGBEMI ODUBELA

by Oluwagbemi Odubela 1 5/5/2019

 SUB-URBAN EMPLOYMENT
BOOM
 Can cassava processing be mechanized in such a way to give a
boost to sub-urban employment generation, and reduce rural to
urban migration drift ?
 The answer is a positive yes.
This proposal addresses some of the fundamental areas key to
the mechanization of cassava processing:
-Transportation
-Rural mobile Processing
-Upgrade mechanization for harvesting etc, (not included )
 These technology solutions also address production growth
directly by adding value to the farmer’s product without
encouraging inflation of prices.

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SUB-URBAN EMPLOYMENT
BOOM
 Cassava remains the central crop for food security in
several countries in Africa, and a provider of commercial
opportunities for some countries in Asia.
 This implies that cassava already has a large flourishing
market.
 Employment will be created by the positioning of
processing vendors and the associated vocations such as
mechanics, three wheeler carriage builders, and
encouragement of more people to produce cassava
tubers.

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 WHY THE MOBILE CASSAVA
PROCESSING MACHINE
 A closer look at a cassava processing plant,
reveals how quickly the plant runs out of the
raw material (cassava).
 To keep the processing plant operational
requires a constant search for the raw material
farther and farther away, to obtain the cassava
at an economically viable price.
 This increases transportation costs, and hence
the final cost of production.
 Experience in the processing of cassava related
goods, shows that less than 25% weight of the
cassava tubers carried is converted to the final
product.

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 WHY THE MOBILE CASSAVA
PROCESSING MACHINE
 Any effort to increase cassava product payload
during transportation makes a lot of economic
sense.
 By processing the cassava on the farms, more
value added product can be transported straight
to the consumer market.
 An inexpensive three wheeler motorcycle
designed to carry processing machines can be
operated from farm to farm thereby effectively
reducing transportation costs.
 The three wheeler motorcycle could be used to
convey the cassava processing machine to farm
sites with large cassava plantation and on return
carry back to urban centers processed tubers
from the farm site. Thereby allowing the
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 WHY THE NEW IMPROVED
PEELING MACHINE
 Most of the mechanical peelers available are
generally wasteful, inefficient and sometimes
cumbersome to use.
 Manual peeling by use of knives is very slow and
labour intensive.
 Efficient use of a mechanical peeler will add
value and bring down significantly the cost of
production of cassava based products.
 The fact that the peeling can be done on the
farm means there will be a reduction in the
refuse at sub-urban centers for composting as
fertilizer.
 The new improved peeling machine is designed
to work efficiently on heavy duty conditions and
can work independently on or off the carriage
three wheeler.
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TRANSPORTATION SOLUTION
 The transportation solution is based on the most economical
mode of individual transport.
 A motor cycle chassis redesigned with a second powered wheel
to run on the rough terrain obtainable on sub-urban farms, with
adequate space to accommodate reserve fuel tanks, a peeling,
grating, spinner/dryer, frying, sifting and chipping machine.
 Maintenance consideration include availability of spare parts,
maintenance personnel, and maintenance locations.
 The choice motorcycle are the Japanese /Chinese 4-stroke,
125cc series.
 Most motorcycle mechanics are familiar with these series.
 The fuel economy and endurance of these motorcycles are also
very significant .
 The employment gain is in the production of processing
entrepreneurs or vendors and added value to the farmer’s life by
bringing processing closer.
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PROCESSING SOLUTIONS
 The new improved cassava peeling machine operates on the
principles of the circular nature of the cross section of the
cassava tuber for effective circular peeling of the tuber.
 The irregular tapered shape of the tuber is catered for by slicing
the cassava into approximate cylinders or better still discs before
carrying out the peeling operation.
 A grating disc and a chipping disc are included in the motion train
of the design to take care of the grating and chipping needs of
cassava processing.
 A spinner/dryer for removing excess fluid/moisture, sifter and a
fryer to complete the processing on farm sites are also included
in this solution package.

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PROCESSING SOLUTIONS
 The peeling of the cassava by this improved machine is such that
the cassava can be taken from the soil directly and fed into the
machine without rinsing the dirt with no adverse effect to the
peeled tuber.
 The operator only needs a little water to clean before and after
grating operation.
 The power to drive the peeling, grating, frying, spinner/dryer
and chipping machines is independent from the motor cycle
engine thereby enabling combined or separate use of transporter
or processor at all times for maximum utility of the equipment.
 The processed cassava can be transferred from one process to
another with bags.

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 COST IMPLICATIONS
Each unit of a complete processor, consisting;
(a) Transport three wheeler
(b) Cassava peeler
(c) Grater
(d) Chipping machine
(e) Spinner/dryer
(f) Fryer
(g) Sifter
is N350,000 naira only
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 CURRICULUM VITAE
OLUWAGBEMI ODUBELA
PLOT 34, KUDIRAT ABIOLA WAY,
OREGUN, IKEJA, LAGOS, NIGERIA.
TELEPHONE: +234(0)8023374279

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 CURRICULUM VITAE
email: oluwagbemiodubela@yahoo.com Telephone:+234 (0) 8023374279
Oluwagbemi Odubela obtained a certificate in Hungarian Language from MAGYAR NYELVI
ELOKESZITO(HUNGARIAN LANGUAGE SCHOOL) BUDAPEST in 1978.
Early in life he had a passion for vertical take-off and landing (V.T.O.L.) machines, like
Igor Sikorsky.
In 1979 he became consumed with the idea of designing and constructing the ultimate
gas turbine engine with maximum power to weight ratio for general public use. In
1980 he proceeded to the Polytechnic Ibadan, Nigeria to study Mechanical
Engineering, from where he gained valuable mechanical machines construction
experience.
Having gained manufacturing experience both at the Polytechnic and other private
workshops, he designed and constructed a Cassava peeling machine while working
on the Flying car to solve a constraint in the cassava processing industry in 1988.
He further progressed in his training needs in 1994 on the flying car by enrolling in the
Nigerian College of aviation Technology, Zaria as an Aircraft maintenance engineer,
and obtained the relevant airframe and engine licenses.

This introduced him to the study of possibilities of the efficient use of spinning cylinder
aerodynamics on V.T.O.L. Aircraft.
He worked with Nigeria Airways Limited as a Systems Engineer monitoring the fleet
aircraft engine condition.
Having spent time in the local aviation industry, he moved to R.T.BRISCOE Marine as chief
engineer of the marine division in 1999.
He then proceeded to Gent in Belgium on service training in Johnson Outboard Engines
with OMC EUROPE.

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From his experience with R.T.BRISCOE Marine,
which later became RTB Marine Limited, he
broadened his research on the Flying car to
include ability to land on water safely.
The flying car project is now ready for prototype
development.
Oluwagbemi Odubela may D.V. in September 2005
go for a masters in Aeronautical Engineering for
which an admission has been obtained at
Cranfield University UK.

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