Abstract:
Fruit pickers are examples of harvesting tools used to increase harvesting capacity and reduce damage brought about by fruit fall. The previous products had several disadvantages, such as longer time to complete the picking process and low efficiency. Also, there are limitations in term of height and portability. The objective of the research is to design and develop a user friendly fruit picker. It also aims to minimize time used in fruit harvesting. Fruit picker is an improvement of the traditional picker and other types of picker. Modification of the frame, cutter and handle was conducted to improve its efficiency. Hollow aluminum tube is used because it is very light considering that the product has to be a single person job. The cutter blade has a grove to prevent the pieces from sliding when picking the fruit and the triggering device is adjustable and accessible to the picker. The design is the combination of pull -type and trigger- type. The fabrication process comprises of a rod with a motor that act as machinery device. The fruit picker is tested and adjustments were made accordingly. In addition, this product has been proven to save time compared to traditional method. Based on the result, the analysis and discussion that have been carried out, it can be concluded that this fruit picker has achieved the objective discussed. Thus, it is hoped that in the future this product can be improved based on the relevance of situation.
