The Design and Fabrication of a prototype machine: "asam gelugor" processing machine

The report is short brief about the proposed preliminary research and fundamental
concepts of the chosen topic; The Design and Fabrication of a prototype machine:
'asam gelugor" processing machine. The objectives of this study is to design, to do the
force and velocity analysis, to determine the best material, to fabricate the machine and
to test the workability of it. Engineering software such as AutoCAD is going to be used
in drafting of drawing while for fabrication the application of CNC lathe, CNC milling,
Welding Set, Drilling machine, and tapping will take place. The challenge in this
project is to design a machine which able to slices the "asam gelugor" automatically
with ample strength of cutting knifes. Potatoes slicer machine will be the reference in
designing this machine with some modification done for a better performance of the
machine. Several designs are made and then only one is chosen to be the final design to
proceed with fabrication process. Comparison and weight analysis is done to select the
best design to proceed with. Material selection for the blades and casing/frame of the
machine done with some criteria to be fulfilled such as the quality of the fruit must be
preserved, cost effectiveness, anti-corrosion and many others. Force and velocity
analysis is done to ensure that the machine going to work later on. Material selected as
the machine's casing and body parts is Perspex as the see-through property allows one
to see the inside mechanism of the slicer machine. Machine had been fabricated and
assembled as close to the specification determined. With ample amount of forces
exerted by the motor, the machine is able to slice "asam gelugor". Machine also tested
to slice other types of fruit to show the flexibility of the machine. From test run, it is
known that the machine can increase the productivity double the traditional method.
And from the cost analysis it is known that this machine is capable of giving higher
profit compared by using traditional method.