Semi Automatic Cutting Young Coconut Machine

This Project was studied and designed Semi Automatic Cutting Young Coconut Machine for small industry. The machine consists of 7 main parts: 1. frame 50  60  173 cm. (W  L  H), 2. supported young coconut before cutting unit, 3. supported young coconut after cutting unit, 4. fixed stainless steel knife 0.6  35  15 cm. (W  L  H), 5. coconut juice inlet, 6. compression unit, 7. pneumatic system.The young coconut was placed on supporter. Then, the operator pressed the switches that control the compression unit. The compression unit that mouthed with pneumatic cylinder was moved down to compress coconut. Then, the fixed stainless steel knife will cut and separate the coconut in to two parts. The experimentation is found that the machine which set the pressure of air compressor at 8.5 bar and the velocity of compression unit is 35 – 45 cm/sec can work at 100% cutting efficiency and product rate is 1.60 – 1.85 sec/nut.

By
Aekpongsa Cheewitsopon
Surapojana Taosaimoon