Iketsetse Single Stroke Maize Sheller

Target SDGs

Market Suggested Retail Price

$41.00

Target Users (Target Impact Group)

Household, Community

Distributors / Implementing Organizations

Iketsetse Micro Enterprise Development Company

Competitive Landscape

Direct competitors include D-Lab Corn Sheller and Bici Desgranadora de Maíz.

Regions

Sub-Saharan Africa

Countries

Lesotho

Manufacturing/Building Method

Individually manufactured by skilled local metalworkers and adapted for production with available materials. Iketsetse Micro Enterprise Development Company has a workshop with the jigs and fixtures necessary to manufacture the shellers and conducts training.

Intellectural Property Type

Trade Secret

User Provision Model

Iketsetse Micro Enterprise Development Company sells shellers directly to end users.

Distributions to Date Status

Unknown

Design Specifications

It consists of a leveraged plunger that simply pushes the ear of maize through a ring of spring teeth arranged so as to remove all the kernels from the cob with one motion.

Product Schematics

Technical Support

Iketsetse Micro Enterprise Development Company provides training on local manufacturing of farm tools to ensure that users are able to maintain equipment independently.

Replacement Components

The sheller is manufactured with locally available materials and repairs are possible via trained staff.

Lifecycle

Unknown

Manufacturer Specified Performance Parameters

Performance targets:

• Shells corn cobs at least 16 times faster than than traditional manual methods and 6 times faster than crank type shellers.
• The machine can yield 20 liters of shelled kernels in 18-20 minutes.

Vetted Performance Status

Unknown

Safety

Unknown.

Complementary Technical Systems

Unknown

Academic Research and References

Compliance with regulations

Unknown

Other Information

• Iketsetse Micro Enterprise Development Company Facebook page.
• Iketsetse Micro Enterprise Development Company
• Product's Manual
• Market prices varies - In shops in Lesotho the production cost of the Iketsetse Single Stroke Maize Sheller includes:
  • Costs of Materials: 19 USD, Labor costs: 12 USD, Consumables estimated: 4 USD, Overhead estimated: 6 USD. Therefore making total cost of unit production approximately 41 USD.
  • Adding a cost of sales of 15% and profit of 10 USD results in a sell price of 65 USD