Design and analysis of flour sieving machine prototype using autodesk inventor
Small and Medium Industries (SMIs) significantly contribute to the country, especially in the Gross Domestic Product (GDP), employment, and exports. However, with the challenging external environment, SMIs must innovate to compete and survive in the business environment. Several problems can b...
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| Language: | English |
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2022
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7493/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/7493/1/J14382_50f447c4b3f2e778ae049982c5ef25ce.pdf |
| Summary: | Small and Medium Industries (SMIs) significantly contribute to the country, especially in the Gross
Domestic Product (GDP), employment, and exports. However, with the challenging external
environment, SMIs must innovate to compete and survive in the business environment. Several
problems can be identified in this study, such as the need to save on energy consumption and workers
when operating the original Flour Sieving Machine, less productivity due to machine size, and the safety
issue when the machine works at the exceeded limit of 2 kilograms (kg).Caused by that, this study aims
to reduce the use of energy and labor, innovate the machine to the ideal or suitable size to save
production time, and improve the safety aspects of machine operation for the safety of users and a longer
life-span for the machine to operate. Therefore, researchers have conducted observations and
discussions with the industry to identify and determine the elements of problems in the operation of
Flour Sieving Machine through the House of Quality (HOQ) method. Next, the researchers used the
information obtained from the HOQ matrix evaluation to design and innovate a new Flour Sieving
Machine using Autodesk Inventor 2016 software. One of the innovations is changing the semi�automatic system to an automatic system, i.e., the press paddle to the adjusting switch, to reduce energy
and labor in operating the Flour Sieving Machine. Another innovation made is increasing the width of
the machine frame and flour sieve container. Apart from saving time, it can also accommodate 5 kg of
flour in one sieving process compared to the original machine with only 2 kg of flour. The machine's
safety characteristics may then be addressed after increasing the width of the machine's size because
the machine can sustain a greater load than the original machine, making the innovation machine more
durable to use in the long term. All these innovations are analyzed and simulated to obtain a new optimal
Flour Sieving Machine design. The researchers discovered that the design of the Innovation Flour
Sieving Machine could solve the problem of SMIs in terms of saving energy, manpower, and time,
increasing the amount of flour that can be sieved at one time and increasing the comfort and safety of
users and machines because the innovation machine can accommodate a larger load than the original
machine as a result of the simulation. It can be concluded that there are some improvements in quality,
productivity, and safety during the operation of this Innovative Flour Sieving Machine. |
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