Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Raspador for Simultaneous Extraction and Brushing of Sisal Fibers by Small-scale Sisal Farmers

ABSTRACT

Demand for natural fibers is on the rise as awareness of environmental protection keeps abreast. Sisal fibers, for instance, are largely utilized not only in the manufacture of mats, ropes, carpets, and sacks but also in the reinforcement of polymer composites. With the increased demand for sisal fibers, there is a need to equally increase the exploitation of sisal by small-scale farmers. UNIDO, for instance, recommended that appropriate small-scale machines that are accessible to small-scale holders should be developed. This research examines the progress in the development of small-scale machines and designs a raspador for simultaneous extraction and brushing of sisal fibers. This is to ensure that there is value and income addition for the small-scale farmers in East Africa and perhaps the rest of the world.

摘要

随着环保意识的不断提高,对天然纤维的需求正在上升. 例如,剑麻纤维不仅大量用于制造垫子、绳索、地毯和麻袋,而且还用于增强聚合物复合材料. 随着对剑麻纤维需求的增加,同样需要增加小农户对剑麻的开发. 例如,工发组织建议开发适合小规模持有者使用的小型机器. 本研究考察了小型机械的发展进展,并设计了同时提取和刷洗剑麻纤维的拉斯帕刀. 这是为了确保东非和世界其他地区的小规模农民获得价值和收入增加.

KEYWORDS:

• Raspador
• design
• fabrication
• testing
• sisal fibers
• extraction
• brushing

KEYWORDS:

• 关键词
• 拉斯帕多
• 设计
• 制作
• 测试
• 剑麻纤维
• 提取
• 疾驰的

Acknowledgments

There are no acknowledgements.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the author(s).

Data availability statement

The data that support the findings of this study are openly available in Mendeley Data.(https://data.mendeley.com/drafts/dm94r5sx9c). DOI:http://10.17632/dm94r5sx9c.2

Notes

1. Ratio of the average fiber length to original leaf length