The presentation of food is crucial for our perception of its taste. It is especially important with foods that look less appealing, such as fruits and vegetables, because it can encourage us to eat more of those. Additional to the arrangement on the plate, with fruits and vegetables it is also very important how they are cut.
In this thesis we are developing a concept of a device for cutting fruits and vegetables, which also enables peeling. We work according to the established development process, where we first determine specifications of the product, analyse the market, and determine ideal and borderline values of specifications. After that we define the technical process, functions structure and morphological matrix, which aides us in the development of different concepts.
We have developed two different concepts, which we then evaluated based on technical and economical criterion. We further developed the better solution and prepared it for a potential development to the final product.
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