The development and validation test of a new agricultural machine for process of cutting of African oil palm fruits in plantation

De la Pena N. A., . and Garcia Nunez J. A., . (2009) The development and validation test of a new agricultural machine for process of cutting of African oil palm fruits in plantation. [Proceedings Paper]

This paper presents the design process and test results of a new agricultural machine generated for process cutting of palm oil crop in farm. The methodology of design was oriented to listen the voice of client develop the quality function deployment depuration of functions conceptual design experimental designs for optimization of the process of fruits separation and system-level and detailed design development of the equipment prototype. The concept was developed due to the explicit needs to separate the palm oil fruit from bunch at plantation in order to only transport and process fruits in palm oil mill. The consequences of previous idea are reduction of cost transportation higher oil extraction performance and increase of energy efficiency of global process. The operator supplies mechanical power to the machine by means of pedals. The machine is ideal to be handled with low technological requirements because it does not incorporate costly technological components neither does it require specific care. The validation tests were carried out on an oil palm farm and an adequate functionality of machine and a process volume rate of 400 kg/h were obtained. The process volume rate was lower than initial engineering goal set and additional efforts of redesign to rise above the limitation are carried out. Improvement solution alternatives are described as a final point in order to bringing to light the orientation of the future work.

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This paper presents the design process and test results of a new agricultural machine generated for process cutting of palm oil crop in farm. The methodology of design was oriented to listen the voice of client develop the quality function deployment depuration of functions conceptual design experimental designs for optimization of the process of fruits separation and system-level and detailed design development of the equipment prototype. The concept was developed due to the explicit needs to separate the palm oil fruit from bunch at plantation in order to only transport and process fruits in palm oil mill. The consequences of previous idea are reduction of cost transportation higher oil extraction performance and increase of energy efficiency of global process. The operator supplies mechanical power to the machine by means of pedals. The machine is ideal to be handled with low technological requirements because it does not incorporate costly technological components neither does it require specific care. The validation tests were carried out on an oil palm farm and an adequate functionality of machine and a process volume rate of 400 kg/h were obtained. The process volume rate was lower than initial engineering goal set and additional efforts of redesign to rise above the limitation are carried out. Improvement solution alternatives are described as a final point in order to bringing to light the orientation of the future work.

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Item Type:	Proceedings Paper
Additional Information:	Available at Perpustakaan Sultan Abdul Samad Universiti Putra Malaysia 43400 UPM Serdang Selangor Malaysia. TP 684 P3 161 2009 vol. 2 Call Number.
AGROVOC Term:	Agricultural machinery
AGROVOC Term:	Farm machinery
AGROVOC Term:	Oil palms
AGROVOC Term:	Cutting
AGROVOC Term:	Equipment performance
AGROVOC Term:	Fruit
AGROVOC Term:	Harvesting
AGROVOC Term:	Design
AGROVOC Term:	Prototypes
AGROVOC Term:	Methodology
Geographical Term:	MALAYSIA
Depositing User:	Ms. Suzila Mohamad Kasim
Last Modified:	24 Apr 2025 05:15
URI:	http://webagris.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/12565

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