Structural design and mechanism analysis of palm oil harvester
Plantation of palm oil in Malaysia is one of the top contributor of the economy. In order to match the supply of palm oil fruit with demand, different harvesting methods are used such as the existing motorized cutter. Although it can reduce the harvesting time and the number of labors involved in h...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
2024
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| Online Access: | http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25153/ http://journalarticle.ukm.my/25153/1/33.pdf |
| Summary: | Plantation of palm oil in Malaysia is one of the top contributor of the economy. In order to match the supply of palm oil fruit with demand, different harvesting methods are used such as the existing motorized cutter. Although it can
reduce the harvesting time and the number of labors involved in harvesting process, the tight arrangement of oil
palm fronds and long manually adjusted harvesting pole may cause the inconvenient to the labors. Therefore, this
project studies the design of a circular cutter and automatically adjusted telescopic pole with rotational
mechanism. The concept development of harvester is based on the scientific study on the limitations, customer
requirement and engineering characteristics of existing harvesters. It is followed with the selection of best design
of harvester that can solve the problems that faced by labors in existing harvester. The analysis of rotational speed, deflection and bending moment for different components in the palm oil harvester. The design of harvester is done with the aid of CAD software in form of part detail design, orthographic view and exploded view. With the rotational cutting mechanism, the harvester can easily reach and harvest the oil palm fresh fruit bunches from the bottom of the bunches. |
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