The design and development of pineapple planting mechanism

Suhaimi, Muhammad Haziq (2023) The design and development of pineapple planting mechanism. Project Report. Melaka, Malaysia, Universiti Teknikal Malaysia Melaka. (Submitted)

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Abstract

The purpose of this research work is to design and develop mechanism for pineapple-planting. This is because currently, pineapple planting is done by hand which is time-consuming and takes a lot of work to since it takes 10 days to finish one hectare of farm with 1,800 sucker every day, therefore this study is carry out to overcome this problem. The design activities are carried out according to engineering design phases introduced by Rudolph J. Eggert. In order to conduct this research work, the information and data are gained by site visiting, interviews, and observations from Hj Norman's pineapple plantation farm in Segamat, Johor. This research work is using 3D CAD software for engineering design activities. Once the CAD data is available, the data is saved as STL file and produce an alpha prototype category. Based on this research study, this project is expected help pineapple farmers reduce some of their burdens by addressing the present problem of boosting pineapple planting productivity while also introducing a new degree of mechanization for the pineapple production system. Furthermore, the body structure design analysis result is expected to deliver the functions smoothly without any problem. Finally, this pineapple planting mechanism, in conjunction with the system mechanism, passed the analytical testing and was approved for production.

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