ANALYSIS AND DESIGN OF SAGO TREE TRUNK SPLITTER MACHINE

This project entitled “A Prototype of Sago Tree Trunk Splitter” is fabricated to design a prototype of Sago Trunk Splitter. This project is focusing on the process of cutting the tree trunk of a sago tree. Cutting the tree trunk with only just using an axe is highly risky. This can cause a minor injury to the worker if they do not cut the tree trunk in the right way. A problem that often faced by the worker is they need a lot of manpower and easily get tired if they do it continuously. The purpose of this project is to make the cutting process easier. The sago tree trunk will be placed inside the prototype machine. After that, the tree trunk will be pushed by the hydraulic press to the blade so the tree trunk will be splitted, the ejector shaft will help us to push the sago tree trunk so that the entire length of the sago tree trunk can be split directly to the blade. The scope of this project is to maintain the safety of the worker in the industries by creating the sago tree trunk splitter in a prototype form. In the form of this prototype, Hydraulic press plays an important role of the force that is used to press the tree trunk so it can be splitted. This machine was created to solve the problem of the workers who is tired of cutting the tree trunk with only just using an axe.