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A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen

From this paper, it is an effort to investigate the most efficient harvesting tools that must be applied by all oil palm producer. It is similarly to identify which harvesting tools is the most efficient that reflected to the labor productivity and cost management for harvesting operation. The Motor...

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Main Author: Rosmen, Gunawan
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Language:English
Published: Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2016
Online Access:http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17333/2/PPb_GUNAWAN%20ROSMEN%20AT%2016_5.pdf
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spelling my.uitm.ir.173332019-06-24T06:54:21Z http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17333/ A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen Rosmen, Gunawan From this paper, it is an effort to investigate the most efficient harvesting tools that must be applied by all oil palm producer. It is similarly to identify which harvesting tools is the most efficient that reflected to the labor productivity and cost management for harvesting operation. The Motorized cutter and manual sickle was tested based on capacity and cost involve. Trials carried out on motorized cutter revealed that the productivity of the machine was around 450 bunches per day (7.4 tonne per day at average bunch weight l7kg). The productivity depends on the cropping level, field condition, and the operator skill. Comparing to the manual sickle, is only around 250 bunches per day (4.2 tonne per day). Therefore, by using motorized cutter the estate would reduce 50% of its labour requirement in the harvesting operation. In addition the EFC for motorized is superior than manual with 0.29 ha per hour for motorized and 0.22 ha per hour for manual. As for the cost involved in both harvesting tools, the motorized curter cost is RM 4500 plus its operational costs, the harvesting cost comes to RM 8.78 per tonne and for the manual sickle cost is RM 143 plus its operating cost, it comes to RM 10.14 per tonne. Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology 2016 Student Project NonPeerReviewed text en http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17333/2/PPb_GUNAWAN%20ROSMEN%20AT%2016_5.pdf Rosmen, Gunawan (2016) A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen. [Student Project] (Unpublished)
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description From this paper, it is an effort to investigate the most efficient harvesting tools that must be applied by all oil palm producer. It is similarly to identify which harvesting tools is the most efficient that reflected to the labor productivity and cost management for harvesting operation. The Motorized cutter and manual sickle was tested based on capacity and cost involve. Trials carried out on motorized cutter revealed that the productivity of the machine was around 450 bunches per day (7.4 tonne per day at average bunch weight l7kg). The productivity depends on the cropping level, field condition, and the operator skill. Comparing to the manual sickle, is only around 250 bunches per day (4.2 tonne per day). Therefore, by using motorized cutter the estate would reduce 50% of its labour requirement in the harvesting operation. In addition the EFC for motorized is superior than manual with 0.29 ha per hour for motorized and 0.22 ha per hour for manual. As for the cost involved in both harvesting tools, the motorized curter cost is RM 4500 plus its operational costs, the harvesting cost comes to RM 8.78 per tonne and for the manual sickle cost is RM 143 plus its operating cost, it comes to RM 10.14 per tonne.
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A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen
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title A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen
title_short A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen
title_full A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen
title_fullStr A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen
title_full_unstemmed A case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / Gunawan Rosmen
title_sort case study of comparison on performance and operating cost between manual sickle and motorized cutter for harvesting operation in oil palm plantation / gunawan rosmen
publisher Faculty of Plantation and Agrotechnology
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url http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/17333/2/PPb_GUNAWAN%20ROSMEN%20AT%2016_5.pdf
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