Design and Construction of 15 Kg/Hour Capacity Cocopeat and Cocofiber Machines

¹ Departement of Mechanical Engineering, Politeknik Negeri Samarinda, Samarinda, Indonesia
² Departement of Chemical Engineering, Politeknik Negeri Samarinda, Samarinda, Indonesia

^* Corresponding author: suparno@polnes.ac.id
^† Corresponding author: andaikujadiawan717@gmail.com
^‡ Corresponding author: ferrybayu32@gmail.com
^§ Corresponding author: setiyadi349@gmail.com

Abstract

Indonesia is one of the largest coconut producers, which in turn produces a lot of waste, especially coconut coir waste which can cause flooding if carelessly dumped in the river or carried by flood currents. Coconut coir waste that is no longer used can be reprocessed into a variety of finished and semi-finished products that have a high selling value. These products include coir fiber (Cocofibre), coir powder (Cocopeat), solid coir powder (Cocopeatbrick) cocomesh, cocopot, cocosheet, coco fiber board (CFB) and cococoir. This research aims to plan and design a machine that can process cocofiber into raw materials for its derivative products like making handicrafts such as doormats, etc. In planning and designing this machine, solidwork software and the calculation analysis method of the Sularso Machine Elements book guide were implemented. This machine is equipped with a sieve as an automatic separator between cocopeat and cocofibre in the form of a hexagonal cylinder. The machine produces cocopeat at 15 kg/hour and cocofiber at 5 kg/hour which is more time efficient and more effective compared to the traditional method or the existing similar machine. This study will be beneficial for small and middle-class industries.