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Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro

The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has introduced an engine-powered palm oil harvesting tool called CANTAS that can double the conventional harvesting output. However, there are several issues that are affecting the endurance and comfort of the harvesters. This paper discusses the comparison in the...

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Main Authors:	Ahmad, Mohd. Rizal, Md. Radzi, Mohd. Khairul Fadzly, Ramli, Ahmad Syazwan, Mohd. Bakri, Mohd. Azwan, Azaman, Mohd. Ikmal Hafizi, Ibrahim, Aminulrashid, Mohd. Faudzi, Ahmad Athif, Muhamed, Ariff Azly, Zakariah, Habiel
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Published:	UKM Press 2023
Subjects:	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering
Online Access:	http://eprints.utm.my/105044/1/AhmadAthifMohd2023_EvaluationandComparisonoftheErgonomicsPerformance.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/105044/ http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jkukm-2023-35(4)-03
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spelling	my.utm.1050442024-04-02T06:38:52Z http://eprints.utm.my/105044/ Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro Ahmad, Mohd. Rizal Md. Radzi, Mohd. Khairul Fadzly Ramli, Ahmad Syazwan Mohd. Bakri, Mohd. Azwan Azaman, Mohd. Ikmal Hafizi Ibrahim, Aminulrashid Mohd. Faudzi, Ahmad Athif Muhamed, Ariff Azly Zakariah, Habiel TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has introduced an engine-powered palm oil harvesting tool called CANTAS that can double the conventional harvesting output. However, there are several issues that are affecting the endurance and comfort of the harvesters. This paper discusses the comparison in the context of ergonomics, performance, and ecconomics of a battery-powered CANTAS called CANTAS Elektro, which could overcome the issues of the engine-powered CANTAS. The prototype was tested in the laboratory and the field to investigate its ergonomic factors. Test results revealed that CANTAS Elektro was more ergonomic than CANTAS as the deflection, configuration, temperature, noise, and vibration levels of the former were 38%, 42%, 59.8%, 12.7%, and 45.8-65.2% less than those of the latter, respectively. The harvesting productivity increased by 26.5% from 5.63 to 7.04 t/day, with an estimated saving of operational cost of RM1013/machine/ yr. The take-home pay of workers was increased by 29% from RM81 to RM107/man-day, apart from other fringe benefits. It was proven that the battery-powered machine was more cost-effective than the engine-powered machine, in addition to other advantages such as being carbon emission-free, clean, easy to maintain, less complicated and easy to handle. UKM Press 2023-07 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/105044/1/AhmadAthifMohd2023_EvaluationandComparisonoftheErgonomicsPerformance.pdf Ahmad, Mohd. Rizal and Md. Radzi, Mohd. Khairul Fadzly and Ramli, Ahmad Syazwan and Mohd. Bakri, Mohd. Azwan and Azaman, Mohd. Ikmal Hafizi and Ibrahim, Aminulrashid and Mohd. Faudzi, Ahmad Athif and Muhamed, Ariff Azly and Zakariah, Habiel (2023) Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro. Jurnal Kejuruteraan, 35 (4). pp. 811-821. ISSN 0128-0198 http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jkukm-2023-35(4)-03 DOI:10.17576/jkukm-2023-35(4)-03
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spellingShingle	TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering Ahmad, Mohd. Rizal Md. Radzi, Mohd. Khairul Fadzly Ramli, Ahmad Syazwan Mohd. Bakri, Mohd. Azwan Azaman, Mohd. Ikmal Hafizi Ibrahim, Aminulrashid Mohd. Faudzi, Ahmad Athif Muhamed, Ariff Azly Zakariah, Habiel Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro
description	The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has introduced an engine-powered palm oil harvesting tool called CANTAS that can double the conventional harvesting output. However, there are several issues that are affecting the endurance and comfort of the harvesters. This paper discusses the comparison in the context of ergonomics, performance, and ecconomics of a battery-powered CANTAS called CANTAS Elektro, which could overcome the issues of the engine-powered CANTAS. The prototype was tested in the laboratory and the field to investigate its ergonomic factors. Test results revealed that CANTAS Elektro was more ergonomic than CANTAS as the deflection, configuration, temperature, noise, and vibration levels of the former were 38%, 42%, 59.8%, 12.7%, and 45.8-65.2% less than those of the latter, respectively. The harvesting productivity increased by 26.5% from 5.63 to 7.04 t/day, with an estimated saving of operational cost of RM1013/machine/ yr. The take-home pay of workers was increased by 29% from RM81 to RM107/man-day, apart from other fringe benefits. It was proven that the battery-powered machine was more cost-effective than the engine-powered machine, in addition to other advantages such as being carbon emission-free, clean, easy to maintain, less complicated and easy to handle.
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author	Ahmad, Mohd. Rizal Md. Radzi, Mohd. Khairul Fadzly Ramli, Ahmad Syazwan Mohd. Bakri, Mohd. Azwan Azaman, Mohd. Ikmal Hafizi Ibrahim, Aminulrashid Mohd. Faudzi, Ahmad Athif Muhamed, Ariff Azly Zakariah, Habiel
author_facet	Ahmad, Mohd. Rizal Md. Radzi, Mohd. Khairul Fadzly Ramli, Ahmad Syazwan Mohd. Bakri, Mohd. Azwan Azaman, Mohd. Ikmal Hafizi Ibrahim, Aminulrashid Mohd. Faudzi, Ahmad Athif Muhamed, Ariff Azly Zakariah, Habiel
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title	Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro
title_short	Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro
title_full	Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro
title_fullStr	Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro
title_full_unstemmed	Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro
title_sort	evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:cantas elektro
publisher	UKM Press
publishDate	2023
url	http://eprints.utm.my/105044/1/AhmadAthifMohd2023_EvaluationandComparisonoftheErgonomicsPerformance.pdf http://eprints.utm.my/105044/ http://dx.doi.org/10.17576/jkukm-2023-35(4)-03
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Evaluation and comparison of the ergonomics, performance and economics of battery-powered and engine-powered palm oil harvesting tools:CANTAS elektro

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