Dabai fruit is a seasonal fruit found in Sarawak but is difficult to obtain out of season due to the high demand for the fruit. It is usually sold at a premium price initially, but the price drops when there is an excess supply.

Dabai is also found twice yearly, between May to June and December to January. Traditionally, the dabai fruit must be soaked in warm hot water at a temperature of 50-60 degree celcius for 10-20 minutes before being separated.

The manual separation process will take a long time because it must be done individually with small fruits measuring 3-4 cm long and 2-3 cm wide.

Invention

An Efficient Pulp Separator for Mesocarp Removal or D'PalPa is an innovative machine offering new technology that greatly helps separate the pulp from the nuts such as dabai fruit, then the pulps can be processed into other products such as jam, paste, vegetable oil substitute etc.

The design of this machine is simple, and it is easy to operate. During operation, fresh dabai fruit will be loaded into a netted cage-shaped drum and filled up to half of the drum.

The speed of the drum will be adjusted depending on the operator's suitability. The rotational direction of the drum and agitator blade will be set to rotate in the same or opposite direction. The separated pulp will be collected in a tray beneath the drum, while the nuts will remain in the drum.

D’PalPa is a portable machine, easy to clean, speeds up the pulp separation process, time and energy efficient, and less maintenance.

Advantages

D’PalPa is a portable machine, easy to clean, speeds up the pulp separation process, time and energy efficient, and less maintainance.

• Time Saving
• Energy Saving
• Easy to clean
• Portable
• Easy to use.
• Easy to maintain.

Market Potential

• Agricultural industry (fruits)
• Food Processing Industry
• Research Centre

 

Inventor

Prof. Ts. Dr. Rosnah Shamsudin
Faculty of Engineering
rosnahs@upm.edu.my

Tarikh Input: 31/07/2023 | Kemaskini: 31/07/2023 | asrizam