Open AccessA study of stalk shape for designing the operational mechanism of gripping equipment for cassava tuber cut preparation process
Author(s) -
Thanaporn Singhpoo,
Seree Wongpichet,
Khwantri Saengprachatanarug,
Jetsada Posom,
C Watyotha,
Suphan Yangyuen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. earth and environmental science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.179
H-Index - 26
eISSN - 1755-1307
pISSN - 1755-1315
DOI - 10.1088/1755-1315/301/1/012014
Subject(s) - stalk , mathematics , process (computing) , horticulture , agricultural engineering , computer science , biology , engineering , operating system
The objective of this research was to study the geometry of cassava plants such as number of stalks and branches, which will be useful for designing stalk gripping equipment which is a part of cassava tuber cutting process. Eight fields of cassavas planted with Kasetsart 50 variety, which is the most popular variety in Khon Kaen, were used to obtain samples for this study. The results indicated that cassavas can be clearly and easily categorized by number of stalks and branches. Moreover, they can be grouped into 6 types which are S11, S12, S13, S2, S3 and X. The number of samples of each type in each field were unequal with the maximum number of samples S11, S12, S13, S2, S3, and X type in fields were 3, 5, 5, 6, 2, and 7, and with percentage of 36, 75, 11, 42, 26 and 22, respectively. According to results above, gripping part can be designed by following plier shape concept.