AUTOMATIC PAPAD MAKING MACHINES- ALL That You Wanted to know

Papads are an indispensable part of Indian cuisine. It is a necessary accompaniment to most Indian meals all over the country. From centuries, Indian households have made papads for domestic use. The ladies of the house made papads using ingredients like besan and spices. They knead the dough and rolled out the papads using rolling pins and then dried them under the sun until crisp. But as bigger families split and nuclear families formed, the art of papad making disintegrated.

The process of papad making shifted from a domestic enterprise to an industrial sector. In industries, the use of papad making machines became prevalent. These automatic papad making machines, have made work much easier for the papad making factories. These machines enable the automatic processing of the whole method of papad making right from mixing of ingredients to drying of the papads. It requires minimal use of labour and skill.  In these machines, mixing of the ingredients are done in a separate mixer. The dough needs to be loaded in hopper which passes on to the sheeter and gauge roller where thickness of the papad can be adjusted. The food grade conveyor carries the round cut papad into the oven which is heated by electric, diesel or LPG. At the outlet, the papads are received without any scrap or wastage.

There are various advantages of using the automatic papad making machine. They are as follows:-

1) Unique and reliable design.

2) These automatic machines are highly effective and can work continuously.

3) They are easier to operate maintain.

4) The cost of maintenance of these machines are also low.

5) Continuous production per shift and it gives faster return on investment.

6) These machines have compact design and it occupies very little space.

7) It has low noise operation and no pollution hazard.

8) It has very operations and requires no skilled labour.

The automatic papad making machines are available in the following types:-

PLANT TYPES	MINI	LIGHT	HEAVY DUTY MODEL
sheeting roll size	12 inch	16 inch	18 inch, 22inch, 24 inch, 27 inch width
production capacity	5 to 7 kg per hour	15 to 16 kg/hr	40-150 kg/hr
Total power load for sheeter and rotary cutting unit	1.5 H.P	2H.P	2-15 H.P
labour requirements	3	3	3
dryer	N/A	For drying papad with single heat exchanger	Double heat exchanger
dryer type	N/A	6 layer hot drying	12 layer drying type
Drying system	N/A	electric	Diesel, electric, gas firing system
Power load for dryer	N/A	7.5 kW	4.5 H.P
Diesel consumption	N/A	N/A	3-6 litre per hours
total space requirement	6 feet X 1.5 feet X 6 feet	18 feet X 2 feet X 7 feet	75 length X 20 to 31 inch width X 10 to 12 feet height.

Standard accessories of papad making machines

• Dough kneader
• Sheeter
• Rotary cutting units
• Dryer

These are the types of papad making machines available in the Indian market. There is also the provision of ordering these machines online. Prices can range from 1.2 lakhs to 9.5 lakhs.