Corn is of great importance as one of the important foods for people and animals, due to its high content of nutrients.
When growing it as feed, it is necessary to separate the grains from the cobs. This process is rather troublesome.
Therefore, to make it easier, you can make a special corn husk with your own hands.
Now we will show you how to do it.
- Description and main components
- Principle of operation of the device
- Tips and tricks for making
Description and main components
The device for cleaning corn from cobs has many names: Sheller, Rushka, Crusher, Peeling, Terebilka, etc. This device is a device that is equipped with teeth and a motor. Made by hand, it allows you to greatly simplify and speed up the process of peeling, separating the grain in almost a few minutes. In this case, a person is required only to fill the ears into the device.
A device for cleaning corn may be large, designed for several cobs (one or two bags), and small, where one head is placed.
- removable casing with three holes (one for sleeping the cobs, the other (with a flap) for the exit of bare stalks, the third for the exit of the separated grains) and a lid;
- shelling metal disc with teeth;
- gutters for exit of the separated grains;
- engine (1.5 kW, up to 1450-1500 revolutions per minute);
- vertical shaft with bearings;
- drive belt;
- a capacitor;
- legs with legs.
The disk should be 1.5-2.5 cm smaller in diameter than the bottom. The gaps between the disk and the side walls are designed to get there grains and dumping them into the chute.
There are also tips on how to drill holes in the disk and screw bolts in them, which will repel the grain from the cob. They can be as many as just a couple of pieces.
A motor is installed under the stand on legs, the shaft is fixed. On the back of the stand is attached start button or control unit. The body should be tightly closed with a lid so that during operation of the device the cob does not fly out. There is an interesting option when a cob tray is attached on top of the lid, the bottom of which closes on the flap.
This design will save some time, because while one batch of cobs is in the cylinder, another at this time can already be loaded into the tray and then just open the flap so that they fall asleep inside the unit. In any case, it should be easy and convenient for you to open the lid, but it should not be lifted during the peeling.
Principle of operation of the device
The principle of homemade corn sheller is simple. Corn cobs are poured from above into the body of the machine. Then the motor is turned on, which with the help of a belt begins to rotate the shaft and, accordingly, the shelling disk.
Teeth or other growths on the disk knock the grain out of the cobs. They fall into the holes and gaps, fall to the bottom of the body and with the help of one or more rotating blades, centrifugal force and air flow into the chute, which then go into a pre-set container or tied bag.
With the help of gravity and centrifugal force, the full cobs go down and are crushed by teeth, and already empty - go up. When you open the flap to exit the cleaned cobs, they fly to the ground.
Tips and tricks for making
- Before you make a corn grinder with your own hands, draw a drawing of it and carefully consider how all the details will be attached. So you will understand what tools you need and what fasteners you will use.
- The opening for the exit of the cleaned cobs can be made in such a way that a bag can be put on and tied onto it. This will allow you to quickly collect the cobs in one place and not waste time collecting them all over the yard.
- If you use a gas cylinder as a casing, then you need to be extremely careful before cutting it, because there may be residual gas. With technology, how to properly clean them from capacity, you should first get acquainted on the web.
- Usually, the electric motor turns the shaft with a belt, but if the motor is not too powerful, you can attach it directly to the shaft. The main thing is to adjust the shaft so that the number of disk turns does not exceed 500.
- For the convenience of moving the shelling unit from the back room to the street, the wheels can be attached to the legs.
Now you know how to peel corn at home quickly and without much hassle. The self-made unit offered to you does not consume much energy and does not require special knowledge in the manufacture. It can be made in one day. It is enough to take advantage of ready-made drawings and tips, as well as get acquainted with the type and principle of work of sheller on the video.
If you do not have suitable materials, or simply do not have time to "master", you can purchase a ready-made device. In any case, the sheller, whether it is purchased or made by hand, will be for you the solution to the problem of how to peel corn at home.