Rancang Bangun Mesin Pembelah Pinang Menggunakan Motor Listrik

The commodity of areca nut (Areca catechu L.) is no stranger to Indonesia.Postharvest areca nut consists of several methods, depending on the type of betel nut and the needs of the community, one of which is the division process. Areca cleavage carried out by the community is still in the traditional way and requires special skills, a large number of workers, long working hours so that they have a low working capacity and the opportunity for work accidents is quite large. This design aims to facilitate a job by designing a Areca cleaving machine using an electric motor as an appropriate technology for the community with a larger capacity than traditional cleavage and attention to work safety. In this study,samples of old betel nut with a moisture content of 71.5% came from the Bengkalis area with a sample weight of 3 kg, 5 kg and 7 kg for each repetition. The repetition was carried out 3 times so that the total sample used was 15 kg. From the tests that have been carried out, the effective working capacity of the machine is 124.5 kg/hour. Overall, this betel nut splitting machine has a greater working capacity when compared to manual cleavage