A prototype calyx-plucking system was designed on the basis of a calyx-plucking method which had been developed in the previous study. This system was composed of a pair of compressive rollers and three pairs of tensile rollers. The performance test for this system revealed that two significant factors of operating conditions were the moisture content of red pepper and the relative velocity between tensile rollers. The newly developed system can be utilized as an efficient calyx-plucking unit in the processing plant for powdering red pepper.