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Design And Innovation: Automated Portable Coconut Milking Machine

Introduction:
Coconut is one of the agricultural crops that serve as a source of income to
farmers. The Philippines has about 2.9 million hectares of coconut lands and about
one third of its population depends in coconut production, processing and marketing
for livelihood. It was revealed by Banson(1982) that the fresh grated coconut meat is
often used in food preparation. The coconut meat has to be grated prior to extraction
of cream or oil. Coconut milk is a very important ingredient for food, source of oil,
and raw material for pharmaceuticals. In application in food alone, the extraction of
coconut meat is usually done manually by small industries and mechanically by some
medium scale industries.

As the world is emerging with various type of technology for better quality of
life and efficient production of food, automation and mechanization technology for
agricultural machines are used for faster, lesser labor agricultural production for
sustainable agriculture.The agricultural industry is already adopting the modern way
of crop production and processing. One of the agricultural crops that need modern
machines for more efficient production and processing is the coconut (Walke et. al.,
2017). The high cost of mechanical coconut extractor makes small industries turn
back to the usual manual means which is time and effort consuming and often times
unsanitary because of the direct use of hands in handling coconut meat extractor.
Fresh milk is in short supply due to an increase in the demand for dairy products.
Coconut milk is widely used as an ingredient in a variety of processed food products
such as cookies, cakes, pies, soups, milkshakes, and ice cream. With growth in
consumption of processed food products, owing to rise in urban population, the
demand for coconut milk is expected to grow at a significant rate in the future.

Since coconut milk is highly demanded in households and especially by industry

users. Coconut milk extractor is a device to extract fresh coconut milk. The extraction
of coconut meat is usually done manually by small industries and mechanically by
some medium scale industries. As what we observed on the existing coconut milk
extractor ,it make use of compression. Some machines made in the market were still
used by hand or manually drive by seller using a hydraulic jack, the process is time
consuming and does not efficiently extract the coconut milk because of the difficulty
of machine to compress small particles of the grated coconut and most . Currently
available machines are automated and are semi-automatic machines that weighs up to
13-50 kilograms. The aim of this project is to reduce size and cost of the machine than
the one which is used in this industry.

Purpose , Need or Rationale:

As mentioned in the introduction, we have observed that people are still doing
the traditional way of extracting a coconut milk.The traditional method for making
coconut milk involves grating coconut meat, mixing it with hot water, and pressing
the liquid through a cheesecloth. Even when we watch cooking show in our television
,they still doing it manually like pressing the grated coconut through a cheesecloth to
extract the milk, which we find very time consuming and people putting too much
effort in extracting coconut milk.

Specifically, this project aims to design and innovate a coconut extractor

machine. The technologists came up to innovate the said project to help the people in
solving the coconut industry problem, which extraction of coconut meat that usually
done manually by household consumers and small industries and mechanically by
some medium scale industries.

To the student, our study will serve as one of their reference in innovating more
machines that can truly help humankind. This study will help the students to think
beyond their capabilities that there is so much more that they can do to the existing
things around them.
To the agriculture industry, this will serve as a help for faster, lesser labor
agricultural production for sustainable agriculture.

Project Description:
A detailed study is conducted on the proposed project for designing coconut
milking machine. Since the existing machine that is used in small industries is usually
done manually and mechanically by some medium scale industries, we came up with
an idea of designing and innovating a portable coconut milk extractor machine that
has an electrical switch system. Its uniqueness is that extracting coconut milk would
be easier, lessen time consuming , and portable unlike those existing machines used in
small industries which process isn't that efficient and is done manually and in
medium scale industries' cost and portability.

Methodology (sometimes called Project Activities or Action Plan or Approach)

We are going to present underlying effective methods to be used as a means

and aid for the success of our study, as well as the procedures and techniques that
underpins the realization of the study’s objective.
Our project will be estimated of 3 months to finish

•Materials
The tools in fabrication of the device were: hacksaw portable drill and drill bits,
grinding tools, electric and welding machine, hacksaw, Steel Square, iron flat sheet
scissors. In materials used in construction of the device are stainless flat sheet, ball
bearings, stainless shaft, bolts and nuts, stainless welding rod, angular bars, ordinary
welding rod, hinges, timer, extension wire electrical switch and Stainless pot.

•Design Criteria and Consideration

1. The device is made out of corrosion resistant materials because it is use for
processing for human consumption.
2. Simple and easy to operate.
3. Strength.
4. Easy to clean
5. Low operating cost

•Methods
Methods that will be employed include construction, principle of operations,
evaluation and data analysis.

•Principle of Operation
The principle of spin dryer is the idea that a machine could be so devised to separate
the wet particles of the residue. The grated coconut is placed in a bag, which is made
of cloth and properly closed before placing in the extractor column. The load is
exactly distributed over the base of the perforated column to prevent imbalance in
configuration or rotation. The power is then switched on and timer is set to the desired
time

•Parts and Construction

The coconut milk centrifugal extractor with grater consists of five main parts: The
cylinder casing that houses the extractor column, the frame, the extractor column, the
cylinder that houses grater, and the power transmission mechanism. The cylinder
casing is made up of stainless pot. It houses the spinning perforated cylinder. The
extractor column is made up of stainless pot. It has a dimension of 20cm height and
20cm diameter. It has a frame at the bottom made up of stainless flat bars which is
welded to stainless shafting where it is connected to the power transmission. The
frame is made up of angular bars and it was covered with GI sheet. This is where the
cylinders and power transmission are attached. The cylinder grater was made of
stainless pot with a dimension of 30 cm diameter and 15cm length. This is housing of
the blade of coconut grater and also serves as a collector of that grated coconut. The
power transmission is compose of motor, (1/4 hp), shaft, bearings.

•Evaluation
The machine is tested and evaluated by the following parameters:
1. Extraction Efficiency (by Theoretical) = (t actual/to)* 100%
Where in:
t actual for without mixture of water
t actual= (w1/6)
=weight actual coconut milk extracted
to= in every 100g of coconut meat it contains 63.7 liquid.
= It was based on the article from

t actual for with mixture of water (cold /hot)

t actual= (w1-x1/6)
w1=grams of water that was added (cold/hot) + 600g of grated coconut
meat to be extracted
x1=grams of water that was added

Benefits (or Anticipated Outcomes)

General objective
To design and innovate a coconut milk extractor machine with grater.

Specifically it aims to:

1. To determine the extracting efficiency of the coconut grater and extractor machine

2. To determine the required time for extracting a coconut milk using this device.

3. To determine if there is a significant difference between the automated coconut

milking machine and the existing means.

Support or Budget
In terms of expenditure, we are looking for the estimated of 5000 pesos for the
raw materials. This project will be fabricated with the support of our shop partners to
lessen the expenses and the equipments we'll utilizing is free of charge.

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