Design for Devices of Project-Based Training Producing Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB) Fiber

Job preparation skills of graduates of vocational
education in particular Diploma Three mechanical engineering
can be achieved through the development of a project-based
training model. Output of project-based training in the form of
application products. Producing application products would
require the selection of effective and efficient projects and traine
tools. Oil Palm Empty Fruit Bunch (OPEFB) is waste from the
Palm Oil Mill (POM) which is still widely open to be developed as
a reinforcing material in composite materials. To achieve the
objectives of this study, a OPEFB decomposition machine was
required. The design of this OPEFB decomposition machine
includes the main components, namely the chopping knife, the
retaining knife, the decomposition and the filter to produce the
OPEFB fiber. The manufacturing technology chosen in the
design of this tool includes several working steps, namely cutting
technology, machining, forming, joining, and assembly. The
result obtained from this research activity is in the form of a
OPEFB decomposition tool unit in OPEFB fiber. From all series
of tool design activities in this research, it can be concluded that
the resulting tools can function optimally in the production of
OPEFB fiber and can be used as a project-based training device