Design and development of Pineapple Leaf Fiber Machine 1 (PALF M1) for small scale industry
Currently, industrial world is evolving at a rapid speed, where the demands of biofiber are increasing. The consumptions and needs for bio-fibers are growing at an exponential growth. Hence, this study focuses on the design and development of a machine for extracting pineapple leaves fiber to meet t...
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2016
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| Online Access: | http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9067/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/9067/1/Mohd_Khairl_Anbia_Chi_Adam.pdf |
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| Summary: | Currently, industrial world is evolving at a rapid speed, where the demands of biofiber
are increasing. The consumptions and needs for bio-fibers are growing at an
exponential growth. Hence, this study focuses on the design and development of a
machine for extracting pineapple leaves fiber to meet the current demand besides
saving the environment. The machine is called Pineapple Leaf Fiber Machine 1 (PALF
M1). The thesis explains gathering reviews and information about such similar design
through patent search, journals, magazines and other information sources. Designs
processes were constructed in ways through task clarification, conceptual design,
embodiment design and finally detail design. Technical drawing of the machine’s
designs and a complete simulation analysis were made by using the SolidWork 2013
software. The blueprint technical drawings were sent to fabricator for fabrication. The
machine was evaluated for functional and real tests. The results obtained from the tests
were really encouraging and impressive. The machine capable of surpassing human
labour up to 5 people, and the production rate estimated up to million pieces of
pineapple leaves annually. Through machine experiments and analysis, Josapine leaf,
which has many advantageous attributes and strength shows great promises to be used
for extraction process compared to Moris leaf. Based on the results and finding, PALF
M1 definitely is the future for fiber extraction and can be improved for other bio-fiber
extraction. |
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