Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting

For the chili plantation in Malaysia, there are currently no harvesting mechanisation involved. The harvesting is still done manually utilising skilled labour and the cost of current harvesting process can reach up to 30% of the total price of the chili in the market. This high cost contributes to t...

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Main Authors: Mohd Mustafah, Anas, Mohamad Hanafi, Amir Asyraf, Mohd Karim, Muhammad Irfan
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Published: World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering 2020
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spelling my.upm.eprints.883792021-12-28T08:51:43Z http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88379/ Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting Mohd Mustafah, Anas Mohamad Hanafi, Amir Asyraf Mohd Karim, Muhammad Irfan For the chili plantation in Malaysia, there are currently no harvesting mechanisation involved. The harvesting is still done manually utilising skilled labour and the cost of current harvesting process can reach up to 30% of the total price of the chili in the market. This high cost contributes to the inability of local chili production to compete with cheaper imported chili that had to be brought in to fulfil local needs. The current paper is concerned with the harvesting mechanism that is adapted from another crop type to be used in chili harvesting. The two mechanisms looked at in this paper are rotational harvesting mechanism and vibrational harvesting mechanism. The first utilizes rotational arm that either hits or plucks the fruit as it rotates using harvesting tips. The second vibrates the tree to dislodge the fruit from the tree. The adaptation of these mechanisms to chili is demonstrated with some success for both rotating and vibration mechanism however not without damaging the tree. World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering 2020 Article PeerReviewed text en http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88379/1/ABSTRACT.pdf Mohd Mustafah, Anas and Mohamad Hanafi, Amir Asyraf and Mohd Karim, Muhammad Irfan (2020) Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting. International Journal of Emerging Trends in Engineering Research, 8 (1 spec. 2). 168 - 173. ISSN 2347-3983 http://www.warse.org/IJETER/archives/archivesDetiles/?heading=Vol%208%20No%201.2%20%20(2020)%20S%20I 10.30534/ijeter/2020/2381.22020
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description For the chili plantation in Malaysia, there are currently no harvesting mechanisation involved. The harvesting is still done manually utilising skilled labour and the cost of current harvesting process can reach up to 30% of the total price of the chili in the market. This high cost contributes to the inability of local chili production to compete with cheaper imported chili that had to be brought in to fulfil local needs. The current paper is concerned with the harvesting mechanism that is adapted from another crop type to be used in chili harvesting. The two mechanisms looked at in this paper are rotational harvesting mechanism and vibrational harvesting mechanism. The first utilizes rotational arm that either hits or plucks the fruit as it rotates using harvesting tips. The second vibrates the tree to dislodge the fruit from the tree. The adaptation of these mechanisms to chili is demonstrated with some success for both rotating and vibration mechanism however not without damaging the tree.
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author Mohd Mustafah, Anas
Mohamad Hanafi, Amir Asyraf
Mohd Karim, Muhammad Irfan
spellingShingle Mohd Mustafah, Anas
Mohamad Hanafi, Amir Asyraf
Mohd Karim, Muhammad Irfan
Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting
author_facet Mohd Mustafah, Anas
Mohamad Hanafi, Amir Asyraf
Mohd Karim, Muhammad Irfan
author_sort Mohd Mustafah, Anas
title Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting
title_short Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting
title_full Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting
title_fullStr Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting
title_full_unstemmed Design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting
title_sort design study of rotary and vibration mechanisms for chili harvesting
publisher World Academy of Research in Science and Engineering
publishDate 2020
url http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88379/1/ABSTRACT.pdf
http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/88379/
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