Study on Design and Fabrication of a Detergent Mixing Machine

The aim of this article is to design and fabricate a detergent mixing machine that will be easy and economical to maintain, and cost effective. Mild steel is used in fabrication of the bowl mixer (pan), frame, paddle and shaft. During operation, the machine ensures an even combination of detergent ingredients and a smooth discharge of the detergent at the base. Using detergent and liquid ingredients/constituents, the mixing machine’s performance was evaluated. Various volumes of samples containing detergent and liquid ingredients were first prepared and were ensured that the same quantities of each of the samples were mixed by the mixing machine and the conventional mixer (manually operated). The results obtained for mixing machine were compared with the performance of the conventional mixer under the same conditions. The efficiency of the mixing machine was found to be 80.7%. This study shows that where mixing of detergent and liquid soap is involved, the conventional mixer takes longer time of operation and consume more man power whilst the mixing machine yield at a shorter time of operation and at a reduce cost. The application of detergent mixer by laundry workshops will eliminate the use manual effort which is cumbersome, time wasting and inefficient. It also save the cost of purchase and manufacture for production and also encourage its use for laundry at home.