production process of cashew industry

PRABHAVA CASHEW PROCESSORS

BANTWAL

GROUP MEMBERS

BALASUBRAMANYA (101240005) BHARATH

(101240007)KARTHIK M.S.

(101240022)SANDEEP SHETTY

(101240055)SUDEEP KUMAR M

(101240058)

GROUP MEMBERS

CASHEW TREE

CASHEW NUTS

COMPANY PROFILE

PRABHAVA CASHEW PROCESSORS:

Belongs to Srinivas Group of Industries

Proprietor: M Vedhavyasa Prabhu 2nd cashew factory started by

Srinivas Group At present 5 cashew factories Presently owning two 3-star hotels

Prabhav Cashew Processors :The company was founded by M Subbanna Prabhu And Komala S Prabhu. It was established in the year 1988.The Company was commenced with 35 workers at the beginning and currently having 250 workers. Initial capital was Rs. 40,00,000.At present the company having 15 male workers and rest are female workers.The capacity of production was 4 bags per day and now it is raised up to 100 bags per day.The working hours of employees is 8 hours per day.

MANAGER:JEETHENDRA SHENOY

OFFICE STAFF

ACCOUNTING SECTION

Plant location :

• Availability of workers• Availability of land at a cheaper rate• Availability of all other basic facilities, like water , power, etc,.• Transportation Facility• Nearness to market

FACILITIES PROVIDED TO

WORKERS:TRANSPORTATION FACILITIES

ON JOB TRAINING

BONUS FACILITIES

PROVIDENT FUND

EARNED LEAVE

DEARNESS ALLOWANCE

Raw Materials : Raw CashewsSource : Tanzania, Nigeria, Kerala,

Maharashtra, Goa, Karnataka.

Machinery : Bought from Mangalore.Various Machines Used : Boiler, Cutting machine,

Hot chamber, Metal Detector, Weighing machine,

Packing machines

PRODUCTION PROCESS

DRYING ROASTING

COOLING

CUTTING &SHELLING

HOT CHAMBER OR BORMA

DRYING

PEELING GRADING

PACKING

DISPATCH

DRYING PROCESS

DRYING

For two Days nuts exposed to sun till they are dried and then dried nuts are stored in the store roomThe sun shine drying loss may come to 7% to 8% This increases the cost of raw cashew nutThe sun light changes color of cashew nut and turns to brown.

Once the color is changed its know that the cashew nuts are dried.

This is done to remove the oil contain from the shell.

Then the dried nuts are filled up in the bags and are stored in the store room until the next process begins.

This may be for one day or so depending upon the stock

ROASTING PROCESS

The roasting of the raw Cashew Nut is done by steaming roasting process.

This process is carried on for 20 minutes at 90 degree centigrade.Here firewood is used for the process of generating steam for roasting the Cashew Nuts.

10 min the

steam which

we had released will come out

from the door

of the vessel.

After 8 to 10

minutes, we

should stop the steam and door

must be opened.

These raw

cashew nuts are roasted.

This roasting process is done

by 4 male

workers.

In this process

an estimat

e 4 cases of 75 Kgs each

are put into

vessel and

steam is being

released.

COOLING PROCESS

Once the raw nuts are roasted they are taken to a separate room and they are being spread on the floor. Here they are kept for two to three days so that they are cooledOnce they are cooled they are transferred to the next process.

CUTTING PROCESS

The supervisor of this department will issue roasted raw nuts to the shelling department for cutting purpose.The entire cutting process is handed by women workers.In one machine two women are working and they can work around 8 to 10kgcashew nuts per day.

Then these nuts are fed into the hand operated cutting machines to separate kernels from the shells In case the used nuts are of good quality we are sure of getting 30 percent yield and 2 to 3 percent pieces.Next day these kernels are transferred to Borma department.

SHELLING PROCESS

Each cashew shell is split open and the cashew inside is immediately taken out by hand.Shelling is a technique that can be relatively easily learnt. Strength is not required for breakage of the shell. Correct positioning of the nut and the ability to hit the nut in the correct position, so as to allow its breakage is most important.

Quality control and inspection are therefore critical in ensuring that shells produce kernels of the highest quality

During the shelling process the workers use Castro oil in order to keep their hands safe .

SHELLING

BORMA DRYING PROCESS

The Cashew nuts which are cut, are taken to a hot chamber for Borma drying.Borma which look like a rectangular box in which 8 stands each with 60 aluminum trey (480 trays) are there.They are loading 4kgs of cashew kernels in one tray (total :1920 kgs in box) and the door is closed.

The shell cake of raw cashew nut is used for the fuel purposeThe door is locked & the heat is generated at 81 degree centigrade & it is released to Borma box for continuous 8 hours.After that cashew kernels are taken to separate room for cooling for a dayThis process continues for a whole day This entire process of Borma is handled by 2 male workers

PEELING PROCESS

This process consist of 93 workers. So major portion of employees are working in this process. Average peeling to one employee is 10 kg. Here the workers remove husk from the cashew nuts with the help of a small knife.These are transferred to Grading section very next day.

GRADING PROCESS

This is the process where the cashew nuts are categorized and they are given different grades.Depending upon the grades the rates are being set.

•Wholes 120 •Wholes 140•Wholes 180•Wholes 240•Wholes 300•Wholes 350•Wholes440

Here are some of the types of Grading:

Scorched wholes

Scorched butts

Scorched splits

Desert splits

Large white pieces

Small white pieces

Baby bits

Cleaning and metal detector

In this process the cashew nuts

are being passed in a

machine where the

dust is removed out.

Once this is done the

cleaned nuts are passed

through the metal

detector.

This is done to see that, there are no

unwanted particles.

This is the final process

before packing.

Weighing

•This is done for the purpose of packing.

•Here the nuts are filled in containers, bags and pouches as per the requirement. once this done the weighed container are passed to the next process.

PACKING PROCESS

Packing is an important activity as it contains the final product. Packing must be done in such a way that it should convince and attract the customers to buy the product.

Packing Machin

es

Flexi bags:- Nuts are filled in the packets and the air in the packets is replaced wit carbon de

oxide. this is done in order to keep the final

product in good condition. this type of packing is done when

the goods are meant for export.

• Here the packed cashew nuts are being dispatched as per the orders

received.

Dispatching

CONCLUSION

The company has done a remarkable improvement today. Even though in the time of recession, the company has maintained same level of demand from domestic and international customers. This is mainly because of the brand and the quality it has maintained.

They brings together the combination of various processing units, professional management. More over it holds the policy of using the available resources in the most efficient manner.

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