Abstract:
Food preparation is important in the food industry and also in every home. This preparation process is not easy as it requires proper techniques and methods. For example, cutting vegetables without emphasizing safety will result in injury to the knife user. In addition to appropriate techniques, the implementation of the cutting process in short period is also crucial. The production of products such as automatic vegetable slicer able to overcome various problem in the food preparation process
majorly occur in most restaurant which consume longer time to serve. This study aims to redesign the existing automatic vegetable cutting machines. Methods involves problem statement, idea generation, detail drawing, material and selection, project fabrication, assembly and test run. A series of test will be carried out to determine the most suitable rotation speed in order to get the best cutting product. The main types of vegetable that will be tested are root and tuber crops. Periodic evaluations will be carried out to ensure that the operation of the machine reaches the set standards. The measurement has been identified to make sure the cutting process goes as planned. As a result, we successfully cut vegetable into common slice thickness ranging between 7mm to 9mm. Consideration for this design is ability to cut large size and moist content, product’s thickness, and power requirement. In conclusion, this project
primarily focuses on redesign current automatic vegetable slicer that able to tackle minor problem occur in current design with the help of mechanical and electrical engineering knowledge.
