Piña Fiber Scrapper

Technological University of the Philippines-Visayas

College of Engineering – Mechanical Department

 Researchers: Colendres, John Angelo B.

Diasanta, Abigail S.
Espera, Jeremiah Domique P.
Ortega, Shajanie U.
Retubis, Veronica F.
Zabala, Jackielou F.
Engr. Dennis G. Quivis
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Research Adviser
Background/Rationale/Significance:

The study of piña technology can be a learning

paradigm in the secondary level and vocational schools
to enhance the students’ knowledge and entrepreneurial
skills as well. This is a small contribution with the
Mechanical Engineering Student’s that not only basic
education can be learned by today’s students but
acquisition of learning skills and knowledge for gainful
employment and full participation in country’s society.
The project’s goal are designed to help students
improve academic competence, develop
employability skills, implement a career plan,
and participate in a career pathway in preparation
for post-secondary education or services sector
after graduating from college.
This goal can be achieve through the mentors that
can teach the students the piña technology for use
of the process. The output of this study is a
source material that the teachers can assimilate
and disseminate by diffusion and induction
technique.
► It is helpful not only for the people that
produces pineapple fiber benefited from it but
also for the students to maximize their
knowledge in terms of designing, flexible in
making solution in every problem needed by the
society.

► By making a fresh start of this feasibility study,

other next to take this subject can also take the
knowledge stated in the first point.
►In this study, each individual taking this subject
can learn in terms of material selection,
planning,optimizing, and strategizing the study to
make it beneficial and worth to operate.
 Conceptual Framework:
INDEPENDENT VARIABLE: DEPENDENT VARIABLE:

• Roller • Machine Scrapper

• Gear
• Chain
• Blade
Statement of the Problem:
Piña Fiber industry is centered in Aklan since the
Red Spanish variety used for fiber production is
mainly found in Panay Island and been adapted by
some neighbor islands such as Negros. In 2016, the
plantation for Piña fiber reached 2,818 hectares,
which the pineapple variety is also cultivated in
Aklan, the production of Piña Fiber is extracted
only by hand, decortication or retting (hand
weaving). Production of the fiber is very limited
because of the very tedious process of hand
scraping.
To boost the local Piña Fiber production, farmers
must be encouraged to plant more pineapple to
produce the main materials, which is the
pineapple leaves.

To make the production of Piña Fiber quick

compared to hand weaving and to secure the
demands of the product, the 5 th year Mechanical
Engineering Students of Technological University
of the Philippines-Visayas came up with a
solution to the tedious process of hand scraping.
The process of producing a Piña Fiber is that the
leaves are placed on a stainless steel sheet with
blade attached on it that extracts the fiber and
then a roller will pull the leaves to reduce in size,
as if by squeezing. In order for the roller to pull
the Piña leaves, a crank is attached to the
machine that can turn the roller in a circular
motion to pull the material.
 Objectives:
1. To help the people in Barangay Oringao, Kabankalan
especially the maker of weaved from pineapple fibre
to minimize the time of weaving and reduce the back
pain suffered by the people.

2. Instead of using ceramics to weave fibre out of

pineapple leaves, the Piña Scrapper can easily
reduce the time and effort in scrapping the pineapple
fibre.

3. The machine is manually operated and cheap in price, so the people

can easily reproduce it if needed.
Methodology:

 Since piña is from a leaf, the leaf has to be cut

first from the plant. Then the fibre is pulled or
split away from the leaf. Most leaf fibre are long
and somewhat stiff. Each strand of the piña fibre
is hand scraped and is knotted one by one to form
a continuous filament to be hand-woven and then
made into a piña cloth.
 The process of producing a pineapple Fiber using
the Piña scrapper is that the leaves are placed on
a stainless steel sheet with a blade attached on it
that extracts the fiber and then a roller will pull
the leaves to reduce in size, as if by squeezing. In
order for the roller to pull the Piña leaves, a crank
is attached to the machine that can turn the roller
in a circular motion to pull the material.
Specification of each Materials:
Cost of Materials and Labour:
Related Studies:
Gantt chart