Results and discussion The Moringa ( oleifera) leaves pulveriser machine that has been developed to pulverized dried moringa leaves is presented in Plate 2.5. The efficiency of the machine was evaluated at different motor speed 1000 rpm and 467 rpm with machine efficiency of 91% and 96% respectively.
What is pulverizing Moringa oleifera?
A pulverizer is a mechanical device for the reduction in grain size of many different types of materials. Pulverizing moringa oleifera leaves into powdered form makes it available; and this can be put into different products, which can be easily accessed by the local population and available to all.
What are the uses of Moringa oleifera leaves?
The various usages of the pulverized moringa oleifera leaves is that it can be used as spice for food; rich, flavourful, nutty, and delicious, moringa tea delivers nutrients as well as a tasty liquid treat [ 6 ].
How to pulverize moringa leaves?
Various methods used locally in pulverizing moringa dried leaves are rubbing stone and grinding stone [ 17] pounding using traditionally, size reduction is done using mortar and pestle; the end product gotten is sifted with sieve and the process repeated over again till the chaff residue is minimal [ 18 ].