scholarly journals Quantification of muscles activations and joints range of motions during oil palm fresh fruit bunch harvesting and loose fruit collection

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu Xuan Teo ◽  
Yon Sin Chan ◽  
Darwin Gouwanda ◽  
Alpha Agape Gopalai ◽  
Surya Girinatha Nurzaman ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Body Parts ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Daily Work ◽  
Risk Of Injury ◽  
Work Routines ◽  
Global Demand ◽  
Measurement Units

AbstractAlthough global demand for palm oil has been increasing, most activities in the oil palm plantations still rely heavily on manual labour, which includes fresh fruit bunch (FFB) harvesting and loose fruit (LF) collection. As a result, harvesters and/or collectors face ergonomic risks resulting in musculoskeletal disorder (MSD) due to awkward, extreme and repetitive posture during their daily work routines. Traditionally, indirect approaches were adopted to assess these risks using a survey or manual visual observations. In this study, a direct measurement approach was performed using Inertial Measurement Units, and surface Electromyography sensors. The instruments were attached to different body parts of the plantation workers to quantify their muscle activities and assess the ergonomics risks during FFB harvesting and LF collection. The results revealed that the workers generally displayed poor and discomfort posture in both activities. Biceps, multifidus and longissimus muscles were found to be heavily used during FFB harvesting. Longissimus, iliocostalis, and multifidus muscles were the most used muscles during LF collection. These findings can be beneficial in the design of various assistive tools which could improve workers' posture, reduce the risk of injury and MSD, and potentially improve their overall productivity and quality of life.

scholarly journals PENGARUH TINGKAT KERUSAKAN JALAN PERKEBUNAN DAN POSISI TANDAN BUAH SEGAR DI BAK TRUK TERHADAP KINERJA ANGKUTAN KELAPA SAWIT (Effect of Estate Road Damage and Fresh Fruit Bunch Position in Truck Bin on Oil Palm Transportation Performance)

2016 ◽  
Vol 36 (02) ◽  
pp. 219 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Wahyu Krisdiarto ◽  
Lilik Sutiarso
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Performance Indicator ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Raw Material ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Damage Level ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Method Analysis

Oil Palm fresh fruit bunch (FFB) transportation is a vital step in post harvest process. Transportation condition mayaffects the quantity and quality of FFB as a palm oil factory raw material. Due to many estate roads are not at idealcondition, this research was addressed to explore the relationship between road damage level and position of FFBin truck bin to transportation performance. Transportation performance indicator were leftover fruit, level of releasedfruitlets, fruits bruise index, and free fatty acid (FFA) content. The research divided into two stage. The first wason transportation performance in collection road. The second was FFB transportation from fruit collection point tofactory, which was treated on good, moderate, and bad road. Observation was done to the FFB at bottom, middleand upper layer of truck bin. The transportation performace indicators were analized by Anova, and continued byTukey method analysis if there were differentces among treatments. Result showed that level of road damage wassignificantly affect transportation performace indicator i.e level of leftover fruits, but it was not significantly affectlevel of released fruitlets, fruits bruise index, and FFA content. Meanwhile, FFB position in truck bin influenced levelof fruitlets releasing, and significantly influenced fruits bruise index.Keywords: Palm oil transportation, leftover fruits, released fruitlets, bruise index, oil Pal FFB ABSTRAKPengangkutan tandan buah segar (TBS) kelapa sawit merupakan satu tahap penting dalam proses pascapanen. Kondisipengangkutan menentukan kuantitas dan kualitas TBS sebagai bahan baku pabrik kelapa sawit. Mengingat masihbanyak jalan perkebunan yang belum ideal, penelitian ini bertujuan mempelajari hubungan tingkat kerusakan jalan danpenempatan TBS di bak truk terhadap kinerja pengangkutan. Indikator kinerja pengangkutan yang digunakan adalahbuah restan (tertinggal di kebun), kadar asam lemak bebas (ALB), tingkat pelepasan buah (membrondol), dan tingkatmemar (indeks memar). Penelitian dibagi menjadi dua tahap, yaitu: 1) kinerja pengangkutan dari piringan pohon ketempat pengumpulan hasil (TPH). 2) kinerja pengangkutan dari TPH ke pabrik. Perlakuan dalam penelitian tahap duaadalah kualitas jalan pengumpulan, yaitu jalan baik, sedang, dan buruk, dan posisi TBS di bak truk, yaitu di lapisandasar, tengah, dan atas. Hubungan panjang jalan rusak dengan tingkat restan buah dianalisis dengan analisis regresi,sedang indikator kinerja pengangkutan dianalisis dengan analisis varians (Anova), dan kemudian dilanjutkan dengananalisis satu arah pembedaan antar perlakuan dengan metode Tukey. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa kondisi atautingkat kerusakan jalan memberikan pengaruh terhadap indikator kinerja pengangkutan tingkat buah restan, namuntidak secara nyata berpengaruh terhadap tingkat pelepasan buah sawit dari tandan (pembrondolan), tingkat kerusakanbuah (indeks memar) dan kadar ALB pada saat pengangkutan menggunakan truk bak kayu. Sedang posisi TBS didalam bak truk berpengaruh cukup nyata terhadap tingkat pelepasan buah dari tandan, dan berpengaruh nyata terhadapindeks memar buah selama pengangkutan.Kata kunci: Pengangkutan, restan, pembrondolan, indeks memar, TBS kelapa sawit

scholarly journals CUSTOMER SATISFACTION OF SERVICES PROVIDED BY FRESH FRUIT BUNCH (FFB) COLLECTION CENTERS

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (14) ◽  
pp. 72-77
Author(s):  
Nazirah Che Jaafar ◽  
Zaki Aman
Keyword(s):  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Alternative Model ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Quality Of Services ◽  
Full Time ◽  
Satisfaction Level ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunches

Koperasi Penanam Sawit Mampan (KPSM) or in English known as Sustainable Oil Palm Growers Cooperative has been established since 2010. KPSM is an alternative model that can meet the needs of oil palm independent smallholders (ISH) and play a role in helping to improve community development. The main objective of this cooperative is to improve the income of independent oil palm smallholders. The objective of the implementation of the study was to identify the customer satisfaction level towards the FFB sales service operated by KPSM. This study involved independent oil palm smallholders who sent fresh fruit bunches (FFB) to KPSM cooperative collection centres. Questionnaires were distributed to 330 respondents and sampling was carried out by random sampling. The data were analysed using SPSS to analyse the quantitative data, which covered frequencies and percentages. The study findings indicated that the majority of respondents were KPSM members (61.9%), who cultivated palm full time, (69.6%) with an average age of 46 years old. The study also proved that the smallholders’ satisfaction level who received the services provided by the cooperative, was very good. However, customer satisfaction in terms of infrastructure amenities was less satisfactory, and the findings from this study were hoped to be able to assist various parties to improve the quality of services provided by KPSM.

Distribution map of oil palm fresh fruit bunch using LiDAR*

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Husna Sarirah Husin ◽  
Nurnasuha Amar ◽  
Aznida Abu Bakar Sajak ◽  
Mohd Sallehin Mohd Kassim
Keyword(s):  
Oil Palm ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Distribution Map ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch

scholarly journals Non-Destructive Oil Palm Fresh Fruit Bunch (FFB) Grading Technique Using Optical Sensor

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sebastian Liban Utom ◽  
◽  
Elmy Johana Mohamad ◽  
Hanis Liyana Mohmad Ameran ◽  
Herdawatie Abdul Kadir ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Optical Sensor ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Non Destructive

scholarly journals Design and development of a motor operated oil palm crusher for smallholder growers in Bangladesh

2019 ◽  
Vol 30 (1) ◽  
pp. 141-149
Author(s):  
MA Awal ◽  
SS Tabriz
Keyword(s):  
Palm Oil ◽  
Oil Recovery ◽  
Electric Motor ◽  
Oil Palm ◽  
Recovery Rate ◽  
Fresh Fruit ◽  
Design Parameters ◽  
Crude Palm Oil ◽  
Fresh Fruit Bunch ◽  
Rotating Speed

At present oil palm growers are facing problem to extract crude palm oil in Bangladesh. Processing of palm oil categorized into various forms but basic processing stages are essentially the same including harvesting, sterilization, bunch stripping, digestion, crushing, clarification and drying. Extracting of palm oil is very difficult by traditional method and oil recovery rate is very low. Although mechanical processing is costly but produces good quality Crude Palm Oil (CPO) and oil recovery rate is high. An electric motor operated oil palm crusher was designed and developed and tested in laboratory under the Department of Farm Power and Machinery, Bangladesh Agricultural University, Mymensingh for processing of crude palm oil from fresh fruit bunch. The crusher was designed by using Auto-Cad software. It was fabricated according to design parameters. The major parts of the crusher were screw shaft, cylinder, hopper, hollow bars, pressure case cap, jamnut and frame which were fabricated by mild steel (MS), ball bearing, gear and pinion, line and idle shaft and spring were fabricated by carbon steel (CS) whereas driver and driven pulley were fabricated by cast iron(CI). Crusher was mounted on the frame. A 9 hp electric motor was used as a power source. Crusher was tested after fabrication and 3000 gm fresh fruits were used. About 700 gm crude palm oil, 800 gm oil cake, 1400 gm skum were collected from 2700 gm pretreated fruits. The crushing capacity and crude oil percentage of the crusher was 6.49 kg/hr and 25.93%, respectively. Rotating speed of screw was 40 rpm for smooth running. The weight of crusher was only 70 kg which is easy to operate by single person. The developed oil palm crusher may fulfill the demand of smallholder growers to extract oil from fresh fruit bunches. Progressive Agriculture 30 (1): 141-149, 2019

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