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<p>Jaggery, a traditional sweetener derived from sugarcane, is valued for its nutritional benefits and comes in three forms: solid jaggery, liquid jaggery, and jaggery powder. Unlike refined sugar cubes, which lack nutrients and provide only empty calories, jaggery cubes retains a higher nutritional content, making it a healthier alternative. This study presents a manually operated machine designed to produce compressed jaggery cubes from jaggery powder, specifically selected for its particle size (less than 0.300 mm) and moisture content (7.00%). The machine demonstrated impressive performance, achieving a capacity of 5.04 kg/h and an efficiency of 98.33%, producing approximately 20 jaggery cubes weighing 6 g each in about 85 s. A physico-chemical analysis of the dried jaggery cubes (at 80&#xa0;°C) revealed favorable results, including moisture content ranging from 1.92 to 1.99%, true volume of 34 × 10<sup>–8</sup> m<sup>3</sup>, density of 1.60 g/cc, and a pH of 5.71.Additionally, electrical conductivity was measured at 2.69 µS/cm, with total soluble solids (°Brix) at 94.77. These findings highlight the machine's efficiency and the potential of jaggery cubes as a nutritious sweetening alternative.</p>

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Performance Assessment of a Manually Operated Jaggery Cube Molding Machine

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  • 发表日期：

    2025年5月23日

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  • Dilip Kumar,
  • Shailesh Kumar Markam,
  • D. Khokhar,
  • Priyanka Singh

摘要

Jaggery, a traditional sweetener derived from sugarcane, is valued for its nutritional benefits and comes in three forms: solid jaggery, liquid jaggery, and jaggery powder. Unlike refined sugar cubes, which lack nutrients and provide only empty calories, jaggery cubes retains a higher nutritional content, making it a healthier alternative. This study presents a manually operated machine designed to produce compressed jaggery cubes from jaggery powder, specifically selected for its particle size (less than 0.300 mm) and moisture content (7.00%). The machine demonstrated impressive performance, achieving a capacity of 5.04 kg/h and an efficiency of 98.33%, producing approximately 20 jaggery cubes weighing 6 g each in about 85 s. A physico-chemical analysis of the dried jaggery cubes (at 80 °C) revealed favorable results, including moisture content ranging from 1.92 to 1.99%, true volume of 34 × 10–8 m3, density of 1.60 g/cc, and a pH of 5.71.Additionally, electrical conductivity was measured at 2.69 µS/cm, with total soluble solids (°Brix) at 94.77. These findings highlight the machine's efficiency and the potential of jaggery cubes as a nutritious sweetening alternative.