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• TITLE: Model Design and Development of a Telescopic Palm Fruit Harvester

  AUTHORS: Peter Okechukwu Chikelu

  KEYWORDS: Design Model, Telescopic, Palm Fruit Harvester, Boom, Mast, Hydraulic Cylinder, Solidworks

  JOURNAL NAME: Modern Mechanical Engineering, Vol.13 No.1, January 5, 2023

  ABSTRACT: This research paper presents a comprehensive conceptual design approach for the development of a telescopic machine system, which is portable and will provide a safe method of harvesting palm fruits. For this machine system development, the material for each component of the machine system was first selected, the boom length, maximum boom angle, force and stroke length of each hydraulic cylinder, the hydraulic pump pressure, base weight, permissible weight of the cutting system and power required were then calculated in the design analysis. Furthermore, from the calculated parameters, the model of the system was created using SolidWorks engineering software, the model was developed and tested. The result shows that the cutting time of the system for one bunch of palm fruit was longer when compared to conventional systems. It was concluded that though the machine is maintenance friendly and portable, further improvements in its design are necessary so as to develop a system that will give desirable economic output at a shorter time.