Groundnut, 'the unpredictable legume' is also known as earthnut, peanut, monkey nut and manilla nut. The botanical name is Arachis hypogaea L. Groundnut is a principal crop of the Saurashtra region of Gujarat state and is grown extensively since 1910. Groundnut shelling is done either by hand shelling or by hand, pedal and power operated decorticators. Manual method of shelling, which is time consuming and tedious job. Hand or pedal operated decorticators have low capacity and have no facility to separate kernels and husk. Whereas power operated decorticators have these facilities. Keeping...