Initial Progress and Possible Improvement of E-Cutter Linear Actuator Development
Currently, palm oil has become the most consumed vegetable oil type. This is due to awareness of the effect Trans Fat has on human health. Therefore, increasing productiveness is a crucial factor to ensure its continued availability as a product in the marketplace. One of the processes that should b...
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my.utem.eprints.119622015-05-28T04:21:32Z http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/11962/ Initial Progress and Possible Improvement of E-Cutter Linear Actuator Development Abdul Shukor, Fairul Azhar Misron, Norhisam Wakiwaka, Hiroyuki Tashiro, Kunihisa Nirei, Tashiro TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Currently, palm oil has become the most consumed vegetable oil type. This is due to awareness of the effect Trans Fat has on human health. Therefore, increasing productiveness is a crucial factor to ensure its continued availability as a product in the marketplace. One of the processes that should be improved to increase productivity is harvesting. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has put a lot of effort into developing a mechanized harvesting tool called the CantasTM. This efficient tool has been shown to increase oil palm harvesting productivity by a factor of 3. However, CantasTM is ineffective at harvesting oil palm fruit in trees taller than 8m. Therefore, a new tool called the E-Cutter was introduced. In this paper, the development progress of specifically the E-Cutter’s linear actuator part was discussed. The previous type of linear actuator for the E-Cutter is also mentioned. Improvement to the planning and design target of the linear actuator is also addressed. The potential linear actuator structure and type is also identified. 2012-12-05 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utem.edu.my/id/eprint/11962/1/06450353_%28IEEE_Xplore%29.pdf Abdul Shukor, Fairul Azhar and Misron, Norhisam and Wakiwaka, Hiroyuki and Tashiro, Kunihisa and Nirei, Tashiro (2012) Initial Progress and Possible Improvement of E-Cutter Linear Actuator Development. In: 2012 IEEE International Conference on Power and Energy (PECon 2012), 2 – 5 December 2012, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia. |
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Currently, palm oil has become the most consumed vegetable oil type. This is due to awareness of the effect Trans Fat has on human health. Therefore, increasing productiveness is a crucial factor to ensure its continued availability as a product in the marketplace. One of the processes that should be improved to increase productivity is harvesting. The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has put a lot of effort into developing a mechanized harvesting tool called the CantasTM. This efficient tool has been shown to increase oil palm harvesting productivity by a factor of 3. However, CantasTM is ineffective at harvesting oil palm fruit in trees taller than 8m. Therefore, a new tool called the E-Cutter was introduced. In this paper, the development progress of specifically the E-Cutter’s linear actuator part was discussed. The previous type of linear actuator for the E-Cutter is also mentioned. Improvement to the planning and design target of the linear actuator is also addressed. The potential linear actuator structure and type is also identified. |
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Initial Progress and Possible Improvement of E-Cutter Linear Actuator Development |
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