Design And Development Of Palm Fruit Harvester

ABSTRACT

Oil palm (Elaeis guineensis) is a tree without branches but with many wide leaves at its top. It has become the world's number one fruit crop because of its unparalleled productivity. One of the important and cumbersome activities in palm fruit cultivation is harvesting. Harvesting of oil palm is difficult due to its thorns on the stem. Harvesting is being carried out manually by using sickle and pole arrangement. But the process is cumbersome and needs lot of effort. To remove the difficulty of harvesting and to achieve good productivity of the crop an optimum machine has to be developed. Much research was done in this sector, but still the industry is in the need of an optimum machine. Here, this project work designed a palm fruit harvester and also explains the available technologies in the area of harvesting of palm fruit.