BibTeX:

@article{IJIRSTV3I11092,
     title={Design and Development of Automated Appam Maker},
     author={Sreerag M P, Praise Sabu, Sukesh P P, Toney Varghese and Vaishak S Kurup},
     journal={International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology},
     volume={3},
     number={11},
     pages={313--321},
     year={},
     url={http://www.ijirst.org/articles/IJIRSTV3I11092.pdf},
     publisher={IJIRST (International Journal for Innovative Research in Science & Technology)},
}

Appam is a type of pancake made with fermented rice batter and coconut milk. It has immense scope for mass production being a common food item in restaurants and homes in South Indian states especially Kerala. The usual method of making the Appam involves pouring the required amount of batter in a pan and then spreading more or less uniformly. This traditional and manual way of preparing the Appam is tedious when it comes to mass production considering the making cost, making time and the associated energy consumption. In addition, it demands the service of skilled laborers also. Innovative automatic makers for food items such as Chapatti and Dosa are available in market even though scope for several better designs does exist for such systems. The proposed work aims at design and fabrication of an automated Appam maker for mass catering for household and restaurants by minimizing the making cost, making time and thereby improving the efficiency with optimum energy consumption ensuring better usability, safety, improved handling easiness and hygiene. The main process stages such as pouring, spreading and removal of cooked food from pan are automated by making use of motors, valves, microcontroller and sensors enabling to obtain ready to eat Appam by the press of a button without any skilled labor. Thus, by this project the unexplored area of automating Appam making process which has huge potential in South Indian food culture is being investigated to develop a Packaged Appam Maker as the product.

Appam, Automation, Design, Development, Mechanical Production