American Journal of Food Technology1557-45711557-458XAcademic Journals Inc.10.3923/ajft.2014.15.27MazlinaM.K. Siti YingL. Sze ShimaM.S. Intan Shaidatul IryaneI. 1201491The traditional method of chilli paste processes essentially consists of two
main unit operations, namely blending of raw ingredients and cooking of liquefied
chilli paste, accompanied by manual stirring. The transferring of blended food
for cooking adds clean-up work and tends to waste time and energy. Substantive
continuous stirring during the cooking process is essential, but time and labour
consuming. In this study, a process design of a chilli paste machine has been
developed with the aim to combine the process of blending and agitated cooking
in a single appliance. A new design of machine called Chilli Paste Machine has
been successfully built with the intention to overcome the issues present in
making chilli paste. It comprises a set of blades that enable blending or stirring
of chilli paste during blending and cooking processes respectively. A heating
plate is installed for heating the chilli paste. The whole operation is controlled
by a Programmable-Logic-Controller (PLC) Unit which allows automated control
of the desired temperature parameters. The prototype machine was tested to ensure
the performances of the machine design are met. A ready-to-serve batch of chilli
paste was successfully produced using this newly designed machine.]]>Ahmed, J., U.S. Shivhare and H.S. Ramaswamy,200235497503Bower, A.C., M.A.M. Nuber and H. Pucher,20092009Deshpande, S.D. and S. Bal,200132343347Gisslen, W.,2007Ibrarz, A. and G.V. Barbosa-Canovas,2002Jones, C.T.,1996Kress-Rogers, E. and C.J.B. Brimelow,20012nd Edn.,Pages: 836Pages: 836Mazlina, M.K.S., A.R.N. Aliaa, H.N. Hidayati, M.S.I.S. Shima and W.H.W. Zuha,20105385393Norton, R.L.,2006Pahl, G., W. Beitz, J. Feldhusen and K.H. Grote,2007Peng, Z.,20072007Pugh, S.,1991Pages: 278Pages: 278Russell, J.,20132013Sokovic, M., D. Pavletic and S. Fakin,2005162-163:777783Ullman, D.G.,20033rd Edn.,Ulrich, K.T. and S.D. Eppinger,2004Wang, X., J. Wang and Y. Wei,20052005Yee, P.M., R. Shamsudin, A. Hamzah and J. Endan,20116513530