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Technical Innovations for Developing Countries: The Case of a HumanâPowered Fruit Blender
There are several electric blenders available in the market today which uses electric motor to
drive a blade in order to blend food items, but product availability and reliability are important
factors for sustainability. A humanâpower blender uses alternative power generation sources to
operate the blender. Having highlighted areas of possible applications of human powered
machines, the aim of this work is to design a manually operated blender which has an efficient
operation. In this design, the electrical components of a typical blender are replaced by a gear
train system designed to multiply human efforts for maximum efficiency. The driving
mechanisms of this blender are gears and shafts which were cast and machined respectively.
When tested, the blades of the blender were able to achieve speeds that were 8 times more
than the input speed