Modifikasi Mesin Pembelah Bambu Dengan Menambah Fungsi Menjadi Mesin Pengirat Dan Perajang Bambu

Abstract

Bamboo processing is one of the activities in the home industry in many rural areas. Currently, bamboo craftsmen in Indonesia still slice and chop bamboo manually. The process of slicing and chopping bamboo manually often faces problems, including poor production quality. Modifying the bamboo splitting machine by adding slicing and chopping functions aims to increase the production efficiency of bamboo processing for skewer production and make the machine more optimal and multifunctional. The modification of the bamboo splitting machine with additional functions as a slicing and chopping machine uses two blades, namely a slicing blade designed to thin the bamboo to 3-4 mm and a chopping blade to chop or split the bamboo into several small sticks with a square profile of 3-4 mm, and an input hopper that adjusts to the average width of the test material. The results of bamboo slicing using the machine obtained 2 to 3 slices that meet the desired size, and the rest are residual slices that do not meet the desired size from one bamboo split. The results of bamboo chopping using the machine obtained 3 to 4 chopped bamboo that meet the desired size, and a few residual chopped bamboo that do not meet the size and defective chopped bamboo due to the bamboo entering the input hopper in a tilted position. The production capacity of the bamboo slicer is 1,816 slices/hour, and the production capacity of the bamboo chopper is 7,513 sticks/hour.