New Design and Evaluations of Palm Fruit Collector

Abstract

This paper focus on design & evaluation of mechanical machine to reduce loose oil palm fruits at mini estate. Loose oil palm fruit means loss of income to small/medium farmer. Every bunch of cutting will cause at least 5% of oil palm fruit fall separated on the ground. If these are not been collected, oil palm planter would loss big profit besides paying the cost of maintenance. This project design based on project-based learning (PjBL) approach to generate new design based on product development. The methods of scanning concept on design with morphological analysis produce final solution of final roller collector product design. The evaluation of product data’s show that all impact factors are considers at maximum quality of product. This data will help project development team to produce Roller Collector Machine at final stage. The impact of effective mechanism of roller collector machine will increase farmer incomes.