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Clove Bud Separator by Shine Joseph

Shine Joseph (40) Kozhikode, Kerala (State Award) Clove Bud Separator Manual separation of clove buds is tedious and could result in damage and contamination. One worker could harvest 15 kg of buds per day, and charged Rs. 30 per kg of harvest. Shine and other small farmers found clove cultivation unsustainable due to the high labour cost. Around 2018, he thought of designing a machine to automate the process. His separator machine spins bud clusters in a drum with three rotating spiral blades, powered on a 1 HP motor. Buds are separated through abrasion. “What we could not achieve in a month can now be done in a day at one-tenth of the cost!”, he exclaimed. The machine can process 400 kgs of bud clusters in an hour – which would otherwise require over 30 labourers to do in one day. It costs about Rs. 40,000, and it works with an efficiency of 99 percent. The buds can be cleaned further in salt water. (More info: https://nif.org.in/innovation/clove-b...)