Modifikasi Alat Pengupas Sabut Kelapa Mekanis

Abstract

Coconut plant is a plant of life, because all its parts can be utilized to meet human needs. This study was aimed to determine the effective capacity of Mechanical Coconut Fiber Peeler and its modification using human anthropometry. This research was conducted in August until Oktober 2015 in the Laboratory of Agricultural Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, University of North Sumatra, Medan, by literature study, testing equipment and parameters observation. Parameters measured were effective capacity and economic analisis. The results showed that the highest capacity after modification was 170,61 fruits/hour and the lowest capacity before modification was 145,45 fruits/hour. The highest main cost before modification in fifth year was Rp 167,264/fruit and the lowest main cost after modification in the first year was Rp 143,119/fruit. The highest BEP before modification in the fifth year was 6.920,879 fruits and the lowest after modification in the first year was 4.125,908 fruits. The highest NPV 7,5% after modification was Rp 255.681.305,2 and the lowest NPV 7,5% before modification was Rp 194.747.851,19. The highest IRR before modification was 55,07% and the lowerst IRR before modification was 48,60%.