Diseño y construcción de una máquina centrífuga semiautomática para la extracción de miel de abeja.

Abstract

This degree work is to design and build a centrifuge semiautomatic machine for extracting honey with a heating system using heating cables to cause a decrease in viscosity and improve evacuation time. For the selection of the centrifuge design machine it was based on the study of the characteristics of existing in the market extracting machines, the characteristics of honey from the point of view of its physical properties an characteristics of the extraction process and as a basic method of this process sustaining on the methodology of concurrent design, which outline the guidelines for the machine design, this general design methodology is joined by specific methods to design detail in quality, functional analysis, morphological matrix, elements such as axes calculations and material selection, etc. The design and geometry of the components of the centrifuge of the type of honey frames commonly used in apiaries in the central region in our country, such as Langstroth and Dadant. The machine is built entirely of stainless steel AISI 304 it is appropriate in food handling. Tests indicate proper operation of all constituent systems, achieving a production capacity of 40.89 kg/h, at an optimal speed. The centrifugal machine competes with other manufactured or imported machines in our country both cost and technical characteristics.