Design and Prototyping The Automatic Fish Feeder Machine for Low Energy

Abstract

The focus of this paper is to propose the design of energy-efficient automatic feed machines with reasonable accuracy. This paper also presents the results of measurements of electrical energy consumption. Observations carried out include the consumption of electrical energy in each unit with feed weights of 2 mm and 4 mm. Each feed sample was measured based on electrical energy consumption, optimizing machine work processes for feed weight, and identification of optimization in the ejection system. The results of this study have succeeded in making the design of an automatic feeder machine have been proposed with the performance characteristics being that the total electrical energy consumption and the duration of the process for each feed size are 2 mm and 4 mm. Feed size 2 mm with a weight of 2 kg requires a total consumption of electrical energy amounting to 0.085Wh. A feed with a 4 mm size requires electrical energy consumption of 0.0907Wh. The duration of the process for 2 mm feed size with a weight of 2 kg is 1 minute and feed size 4 mm with a weight of 2 kg requires a process duration of 1.2 minutes.