PERANCANGAN MESIN PEMBUAT SERAT PELEPAH PISANG

Bananas are plants that are familiar in our lives, especially in the territory of our country Indonesia, these banana plants can be planted and live well. Almost all of these plants can be consumed and utilized from fruit to stem. One of them can be made into a natural fiber as a work material or to make rope. With the design of this banana frond fiber making machine, aims to utilize banana frond waste into a product that can be of economic value to the general public. So that people are more aware of the importance of planting banana trees and other plants. The design of this machine has calculations according to the existing standards. To choose the required material carefully selected carefully and efficiently. And the system used in the design of this engine is a two-level roll and requires motor power of 0.4558 kw or 0.5 hp. While the operation of this machine is semi-automatic which still requires human labor