The shelling of medicinal nuts to obtain clean seed as well as outer shell for further processing is one of the most tedious operations. Presently shelling of medicinal nuts like Ritha, Hirada, Behada etc. is done manually by using hammer or stone, also some research has been done on handle operated shelling machines. Performance evaluation of the power operated medicinal nut sheller was conducted for Ritha nuts (Sapindus mukorossi) to obtain the capacity of machine, percentage of shelling of nuts and percentage of broken seeds. Results of the performance evaluation results for ritha nuts showed that the moisture content has a significant effect on each parameter and percentage of broken seeds at 5 per cent level of significance. | Performance evaluation of power operated medicinal nut sheller for ritha nuts Sapindus mukorossi
