Design For Devices Of 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.