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The invention relates to development of a continuous motorized raw mango slicer. The capacity of slicer is 800 Kg/hr. Presently raw mangoes are sliced manually in pickly and chutney industries. manual slicing is time consuming, unhygienic and labour intensive. This invention reduces the labour requirement in the concerned industries. The output capacity of the industry can be increased by using the slicer. The principle of mechanized slicing is to cut the mango by rotating circular stainless steel blades. The blade rotates at a speed of 750 rpm. The mngoes are fed vertically to the machine through feeding chute. Theese are cut into 2 halves by the upper set of blades (2nos. of blades 180 to 230 mm diameter). Each half is further cut into the required number of slices (2 or 3 or 4) by the lower set of blades (180 to 230 mm diameter) spaced at 20 mm. The slices are removed from the lower set of blades by the scrappers. These fall on the outlet chute made from nylon net. The necessary transmission system for the rotating blades is through electrical motors, gears, pulleys, v belts and shafts as per the design.