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Converting Waste Agricultural Biomass into a Resource - UNEP

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Mobile Abaca/Piña Decorticating Machine 197<br />

Philippines, Commercial<br />

Crop<br />

Residue<br />

Process<br />

Equipment<br />

Main Products<br />

Abaca, Pineapple<br />

Abaca and Piña Leaves<br />

Decortication<br />

Mobile Abaca/Piña Decorticating Machine<br />

From Abaca- Fiber craft, cordage, textile and<br />

fabrics, pulp, and specialty papers like currency<br />

notes, cigarette paper, meat and sausage casings,<br />

teabags, stencil paper, high-tech capacitor paper,<br />

etc.<br />

From pineapple- liniuan (fine fiber) from the bastos<br />

(coarse fiber). Liniuan is the material used in<br />

weaving the elegant piña cloth.<br />

Technical Description of Technology<br />

It has two decorticating chambers to effect the complete decortication of the<br />

whole length of the material. The other components are two sets of conveyors<br />

made of flat rubber belts; roller presser to grip and convey the materials<br />

effectively while being decorticated; and a prime mover - a 35hp diesel<br />

engine. Conveyor belts are also laid out to effectively transfer the materials<br />

from the first to the second conveyor. The structure was also redesigned for<br />

rigidity and ease of fabrication and assembly. The mobile decorticating<br />

machine consists of the following main parts:<br />

- Paddle Wheel Assembly<br />

- Chassis and Frames<br />

- Wheel and Axle Assembly<br />

- Generator<br />

- Drag Yoke<br />

This safe, sturdy, cheap and easy to maintain model of decorticating machine<br />

uses standard parts to assure clients of stable supply of each component.<br />

The machine is fabricated using varied metalworking processes such as metal<br />

casting, milling and tapping, turning and welding<br />

Detailed Process Description<br />

Customarily, extraction of abaca fibers is done by hand, however, with the<br />

safe and sturdy engine-driven decorticating machine, processors can extract<br />

pulp or raw fibers by crushing and scraping processes, from either abaca or<br />

piña leaves, mechanically. The extracted fibers are main source of raw<br />

materials for bags, slippers and decorative items used by the handicraft and<br />

fiber industries.<br />

197 http://www.mirdc.dost.gov.ph/BicolTechFair.htm<br />

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