• oil palm motorized cutter
  • oil palm motorized cutter
  • oil palm motorized cutter
  • oil palm motorized cutter
  • What is a palm oil cutter?
  • The Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) has developed a motorized cutter, the CantasTM. It has been well received by the industry, being able to more than double labour productivity for harvesting. The only drawback for this cutter is that it can only harvest palms of below 4.50 m. Therefore, a longer cutter is necessary for taller palms.
  • Why do we need a motorized cutter mechanism for palm oil harvesting?
  • The purpose of developing the motorized cutter mechanism for palm oil fruit harvesting is to assist the harvester in the harvesting process. There are many engineers and companies are investigating mechanization to make the fruit har- vesting process easier.
  • Is MPOB a good choice for oil palm harvesting?
  • MPOB has introduced an oil palm motorised cutter called Cantas for palms below 5 m harvesting height. Cantas could double up harvesting output compared to harvesting. However, several weaknesses viz. frequent breakdown, heavy and high vibration make it less favourable to users.
  • What makes a good palm cutter?
  • A good cutter must be light weight and have a stiff pole for easier handling and control, especially when harvesting tall palms of > 6 m. A weight of more than 10 kg weight would be heavy and difficult to lift. Similarly with flexibility of the pole - too flexible would make handling difficult. PROTOTYPE
  • Can a robot cut palm oil fronds?
  • Cantas™ An automatic cutting system was also proposed for harvesting palm oil fruits. The system is a robot that works by climbing a palm tree and cutting the frond. The sys- tem functions properly, but the design and fabrication was quite complex .
  • How high can a mobile-based motorized cutter be from a tree?
  • Mobile-Based Motorized Cutter Mechanism 251 from the tree is 3.6 m and the height achieved from this design is 4.8 m. From Fig. 8, the mechanism is 2 m from the tree and the height achieved is 6.9 m after fully upward motion. Fig. 7. Mechanism at rest position from tree Fig. 8. Mechanism after maximum upward motion 252 M. A. M. Zamrosmahadi et al.