Design of Olive Pitting Machine

Olives have significant dietary and medicinal value around the globe. In Pakistan the available potential area for olive production is more than 10 million acres, which will lead the country to become the World’s largest olive producer. The project is related to a semi-automated olive pitting machine. It is intended to handle olives of a specific size and grade, though the machine can destone every type and size of olives by implementing the customized rollers and the needle box, which stands as the novelty of our design. The needles strike olives in a vertical fashion to remove pits. Since, the machine is semi-automated, so olives are hand fed into the olive feeder. Afterwards, they roll down into the moulds on the roller drum. The machine is equipped with a single AC motor that will power the machine, and a Geneva mechanism that will provide the machine with intermittent motion. The Olive Pitting Machine is capable of destoning 70-80kg of olives per hour. The pitted olives can be further processed. The machine is unique in its design, is highly compact, and ensures easy cleaning.