TY - JOUR AU - Tobing, Sheila AU - Salim, Jordy AU - Oktavia, Chendrasari Wahyu PY - 2020/11/24 Y2 - 2024/03/28 TI - Design of Corn Kernel Separator Machine for Animal Feed JF - MITRA: Jurnal Pemberdayaan Masyarakat JA - mitra VL - 4 IS - 2 SE - Articles DO - 10.25170/mitra.v4i2.1076 UR - https://ejournal.atmajaya.ac.id/index.php/mitra/article/view/1076 SP - 123-132 AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">The corn kernel separator machine discussed in this paper is designed for our partner, a cow breeder&nbsp;in Cisarua, Bogor. Our partner currently has a corn kernel separator that can work at a capacity of&nbsp;50 kg per hour, but the results of the separation of kernels by the machine are not clean and the open&nbsp;design of the separator makes the corn kernels difficult to collect. Besides, it is challenging to find&nbsp;replacement parts in case of a machine failure. Our partner needs a new corn kernel separator to&nbsp;meet the growing need for feed as the number of cows increases. The purpose of this project is to&nbsp;design and build a corn kernel separator that can meet the need for animal feed at the partner’s farm.&nbsp;The stages of the design conducted are as follows. It begins with identifying the problems to be&nbsp;solved, followed by the concept design and determination of variants, the implementation of the best&nbsp;variant, and the detailed design including calculations needed before fabrication. The result of the&nbsp;design process is the realization of a corn kernel separator machine with an average capacity of a&nbsp;minimum of 138 kg per hour that meets the requirement of the partner. Besides, with this new corn&nbsp;kernel separator, the results of the separation are neater and the corn kernels are not thrown out of&nbsp;the machine during the separation process. The machine uses a shaft with a combination of pins and&nbsp;chains to separate the kernels and is driven by a 1-phase electric motor.</p> ER -