Design and Development of Pedal Operated Flour Mill with Multi-Applications

The pedal-operated flour mill was designed and fabricated to cater the needs of rural people, where there is shortage of electricity. In many developing countries like India there are millions of people who live a day to day life with ought reliable power to complete daily work ever increasing energy crises, and increasing the awareness to ourselves to be physically fit are the driving force for the development of pedal-operated machines for performing many day to day activities. Performance evaluation of the developed mill was done in the range of three pedaling rates, viz. 40–50, 50–60 and 60–70 rpm. It was found that 50–60 rpm of pedaling rate was optimum from quality point of view. The machine can also be used for grinding of other grains. The developed flour mill would be a boon for the farmers of remote villages and in the villages where there is scarcity of electricity or no electricity at all. The mill could be operated with a very minimum effort and even the women in the households can run the mill easily whenever required.