Food Innovation & Resource Centre

Project Showcase

Innovative Coconut Cutter Paves Way for 400% Increase In Output

The engineers from the Process Engineering Innovation (PEI)

team at FIRC have once again impressed with the ability to
design and build a machine unique to the local food
industry.

Mr Chua, the owner of a local drinks stall at East Coast Park,

approached FIRC to help him in improving productivity. He
had two skilled workers who would spend up to 3 hours
daily hacking the coconuts with sharp knives. However, they
could only achieve a maximum capacity of 170 coconuts per
hour. The process was extremely labour intensive and often
resulted in a substantial loss in yield of coconut juice due to
spillage.

After months of research and development, FIRC presented

the first ever coconut cutting machine that is able to crack
450 coconuts per hour to the client. This machine increased
the clients productivity significantly by 435%. More
importantly, the machine is simple and safe to operate as the
user just need to press a button to activate the cutter to cut
the coconut into half with great precision in less than one
minute. The juice would be quickly channeled down into a
storage tank which can then be easily dispensed just by a
turn of the tap.

Since the implementation of this machine at his stall, coping

with high volume of customers orders is now a breeze!

FIRC / Technology Development Office

500 Dover Road , Block T11B301 Singapore 139651
Tel 6879 0634 Fax 6870 8024
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