OIL PALM HARVESTER

FAMU FSU COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
2017-2018 SENIOR DESIGN

The Oil Palm Harvester project is a FAMU-FSU College of Engineering Senior Design project. The 2017-2018 Oil Palm Harvester Senior Design team will design and build an Oil Palm Harvester that is an improvement from the current harvesting methods and previous year’s mechanism. The height capability, stability, safety, weight, and ease of transport will be improved. The team will achieve this by changing the elevation mechanism to one with increased height capabilities made of a lightweight material. The base will have additional supports added to increase the stability of the device, and wheels that allow the device to be easily transported. These changes will make for a better and more functional mechanism. Through these improvements, there is a possibility of increased productivity in harvesting, improved profitability for the plantation owners, better working conditions for the laborers, and cheaper products for the consumers.

OIL PALM HARVESTER PROTOTYPE

Images of the final prototype

PROJECT SPONSOR

DR. OKENWA OKOLI

Chair to the Industrial Manufacturing Engineering Department at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

Dr. Okenwa Okoli, Chair of the Industrial Manufacturing Engineering Department at the FAMU-FSU College of Engineering, is the project sponsor and stakeholder. His desire is for the Oil Palm Harvester Senior Design students to create, develop, and improve a mechanism that will make the Oil Palm harvesting process more efficient, and possibly go to market one day to be used by others. The group meets with him approximately once a week to discuss the development of the project and to ensure that the group is continuously meeting his requests and requirements. high standard of quality and they are the group’s points of contacts with any concerns or issues.

ADDITIONAL STAKEHOLDERS

The teaching assistant assigned to the project, Shohag Md Abu Sayeed, is a project stakeholder and he is there to aid the group throughout the process of designing and developing the Oil Palm Harvester. He is the main point of contact regarding any minor questions, problems, or concerns the group may have. Since this project is interdisciplinary and involves Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering, each of those departments and their respective Senior Design professors, Dr. Shayne McConomy for mechanical and Dr. Jerris Hooker for electrical, are also project stakeholders.