Complete Design and Manufacture of the MLD-P800 Coconut–Dehusking Machine to Increase Productivity–Efficiency
Abstract:
Currently, there are many types of the coconut–dehusking machines on the market, even in small-scale industries, including both manual and semi-automatic operations, providing higher productivity than the production process by manual. Some current research mainly focuses on automatic coconut feeding and dehusking. From there, many valuable products can be commercialized from coconuts. This paper presents the development for the design and production of the automatic coconut–dehusking machine, which reduces labor and improves productivity, splitting capacity increased from 250-300 coconut fruits/hour (in the previous publication of the author's group) to 500-700 coconuts/hour. The MLD-P800 coconut–dehusking machine will be used for many different sizes of coconuts grown in Vietnam, particularly in the Mekong Delta.