Silver Team B Joe Dieguez Phil Garcia. The Shea Nut Press.
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Silver Team B
Joe DieguezPhil Garcia
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The Shea Nut Press
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The Problem
Shea nuts: untapped, abundant resource
Shea butter: valued resource locally & internationally
Butter production: potential secondary income
Current production process: slow (3-4 days), inefficient
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Customer/Market Data
Customer: women & children in New Longoro, Ghana (contact through D-Lab)
Product: Shea butter/kernels: 3rd most exported product in Burkina Faso - $7mln/yr
Market: Cooking fat Hair care & lotion Chocolate Luxury cosmetics
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Benchmarking/Technical Data
Each Shea tree produces 4.5kg per season
50% of Shea harvest collected
50% consumed, leaving the rest for export
35-40% oil extracted now
goal: 1.27kg/hr Shea nut processing
Auger design reaches 10kg/hr, but unsustainable
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Summary of Core Needs Product description: press to convert shea nuts into
shea butter Intended customer: Women & children of New Longoro Market:
cooking fat hair care & lotion products Chocolate high-end cosmetics
Customer needs: Local materials Transparent design Low cost Efficiency High throughput
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What we learned/Future direction
Nuts crush better under shear than compression; ideally both independently
Grinding plates critical component
Auger/mill design better than press
Pursue mill design with modifications
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