Authors: Senny Luckyardi, Raiswati Untsa Mega, Kevin R, Naufal A. N, Hanifah A. P
Abstract
Corn is an essential requirement for human life and is the second food-crop commodity after rice. Therefore, this research aims to design a corn seed separator machine using a cheap and lightweight engine with little driving force. This study used simple calculations for getting the optimal design of the corn sheller machine. The separator machine is by cutting the material, working on machinery, welding the frame, installing and assembling the machine after it is repaired and tuned. The next step is testing the performance of the device by checking the capacity of the shelling. If there is damage, it will be repaired again, but if not, then the machine is ready to use. The results of quality testing and production capacity show that the difference in shelled corn diameter affects the shelled production capacity, where the more significant the shelled corn diameter, the higher the production capacity. The design of this corn machine sheller is estimated to increase the amount of processed corn seed production by 20% of the product using a mechanical device on the market, with an electrical power of 0.8952 kW (estimated 1 hp 0.746 kW). Functional design and how the machine works, namely using oil-fuelled energy, are two sorting levels: coarse and fine. © School of Engineering, Taylor’s University.
Author keywords
Biological; Chemical; Environmental management; Jangari reservoir; Parameters; Physical; Water quality
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