TABLE OF CONTENTS
Title page - - - - - - - - - - i
Approval page - - - - - - - - - ii
Dedication - - - - - - -- - iii
Acknowledgements - - - - - - - - iv
List of table - - -- - - - - - - v
List of figures - - - - - - - - - vi
Abstract - - - - - - - - -- vii
Table of contents - - - - - - - - ix
CHAPTER ONE
1.0 Introduction -- - - - - - - - 11.1 Background of the study - - - - - - 1
1.2 Objective of the study - - - - - - 2
1.3 Justification of the study - - - - - - 2
CHAPTER TWO
2.0 Literature review - - - - - - - 62.1 Description of Rice threshing Machine - - - 6
2.2 Rice threshing activities in Nigeria - - - - 8
CHAPTER THREE
3.0 Construction technology -- - - - - - 11 3.1 Materials - - - - - - - - - 11
3.2 Procedure -- - -- - - - -- - -- 11
3.3 Power supply - - -- - - - - - 12
3.4 Maintenance - - - - - - - - 12
3.5 Portability and space - - - - - - 13
3.6 Materials selection - - - - - - - 15
3.7 Selection of electric motor - - - - - 17
CHAPTER FOUR
4.0 Testing of rice threshing - - - - -- - - 204.1 Performance evaluation - - - - - - - 20
4.2 Efficiency of the machine - - - - - - 20
CHAPTER FIVE
5.0 Conclusion and recommendation - - -- - 225.1 Conclusion - - - - -- - - - - 22
5.2 Recommendation - -- - - - -- - 22
References -- - - - -- - - - 24LIST OF TABLESTable 3.1: Shows cost analysis - - - - - - 13
LIST OF FIGURESFig 2.1: Shows the outer barrel of the pulley. - - 10
Fig. 3.2: outer barrel of pulley - - - - - 18
Fig. 3.16: Shows inner barrel of pulley - - - 18
Fig. 3.3: Shows metal tray - - -- - - 19