Developing a coconut de-shelling mechanism for improved safety and productivity in virgin coconut oil production

dc.contributor.authorPandipperuma, OGS
dc.contributor.authorNiranjana, RPD
dc.contributor.authorKumarasiri, HKNU
dc.contributor.authorGamage, JR
dc.contributor.editorAdhikariwatte, W
dc.contributor.editorRathnayake, M
dc.contributor.editorHemachandra, K
dc.date.accessioned2022-10-21T08:46:52Z
dc.date.available2022-10-21T08:46:52Z
dc.date.issued2021-07
dc.description.abstractVirgin coconut oil manufacturing is one of the major products for both export and local markets in Sri Lanka. Most of the large and small-scale manufacturers encounter many issues in the process of de-shelling in terms of both safety and productivity. On average at least 5 accidents are reported to have occurred in the industry per month. Therefore, the purpose of this paper is to introduce an improved de-shelling mechanism that helps coconut oil manufacturers to increase their operator safety and productivity. The safety and performance parameters of the de-shelling operation were established using a review of the literature. Then the existing coconut de-shelling operation was analyzed for its safety and productivity using an industrial case study. Basic concepts were generated and evaluated to develop a final design using the fundamental machine design principles. The developed concepts were tested by benchmarking against the safety and productivity Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) using 3D modelling, and experiments. The proposed solution offers promising results to address the safety and productivity issues. However, there is room for further improvements in bringing the design up to the commercial.en_US
dc.identifier.citationO. G. S. Pandipperuma, R. P. D. Niranjana, H. K. N. U. Kumarasiri, J. R. Gamage and K. H. J. Mangala, "Developing a Coconut De-Shelling Mechanism for Improved Safety and Productivity in Virgin Coconut Oil Production," 2021 Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference (MERCon), 2021, pp. 208-213, doi: 10.1109/MERCon52712.2021.9525793.en_US
dc.identifier.conferenceMoratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2021en_US
dc.identifier.departmentEngineering Research Unit, University of Moratuwaen_US
dc.identifier.doi10.1109/MERCon52712.2021.9525793en_US
dc.identifier.facultyEngineeringen_US
dc.identifier.pgnospp. 208-213en_US
dc.identifier.placeMoratuwa, Sri Lankaen_US
dc.identifier.proceedingProceedings of Moratuwa Engineering Research Conference 2021en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://dl.lib.uom.lk/handle/123/19198
dc.identifier.year2021en_US
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.relation.urihttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9525793en_US
dc.subjectCoconut de-shellingen_US
dc.subjectVirgin coconut oilen_US
dc.subjectMechanized de-shellingen_US
dc.subjectOperator safetyen_US
dc.titleDeveloping a coconut de-shelling mechanism for improved safety and productivity in virgin coconut oil productionen_US
dc.typeConference-Full-texten_US

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