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Ref. No. CFC/FIGHF/09 CFC/UNIDO/FIDA 18 Figure 12. Tuxies produced by (L) traditional method and (R) mechanical tuxer 4.2.2.5 Comparative performance of mechanical and manual tuxying Since leaf sheathing is included in the work flow in mechanical tuxying, total manhour spent is higher, that is; 3:37 compared to 1:28 employing the manual process. An advantage of the mechanical tuxer is that it produces more tuxies, with 78.12 kgs and, therefore, higher fiber yield, by 22.75%. Table 4. Comparative performance of mechanical and manual tuxying, 300 kgs of abaca stalks Particulars Manual Mechanical Difference Leafsheating, mh Tuxying, mh Wt. Of tuxy, kg Fiberyield, kg Cost to tuxy 1 kg of fiber - 1:28 59.04 3.78 4.86 0:46 2:51 78.12 4.64 21.84 199.17 32.32 22.75 349.38 With fuel and depreciation added to the cost of production, the use of mechanical tuxer shows to be expensive. Table 5. Comparative cost to tuxy using manual and mechanical method, 300 kgs abaca stalks, P Particulars Manual tuxying Mechanical tuxer % difference Labor 18.38 45.25 146.19 Fuel - 51.21 Depreciation cost Tools - - machine - 4.87 Total 18.38 101.33 451.31
Ref. No. CFC/FIGHF/09 CFC/UNIDO/FIDA 19 Using the spindle stripping machine, S2 and S3 grades of abaca fiber were produced. Since the tuxies produced by the manual method are made almost all of primary fibers, the amount of S2, which is 91.25%, is slightly higher than the 90.73% produced from the mechanical tuxer. But because the mechanical process produces more fiber, income is higher with Php181.64 compared to Php148.80 from the traditional method. However, the high cost involved in mechanical tuxying made the use of the manual process more profitable. Table 6. Comparative quality of abaca fiber and income advantage, by tuxying method, 300 kgs abaca stalks Particulars Manual Mechanical Quality of fiber S2, kg/% S3, kg/% Total Worth of fiber produced S2 @ P41/kg S3 @ P21/kg Total Less: cost of tuxying Earning Income advantage Manual/Mechanical, % 3.45/91.25 0.35/8.75 3.78/100 141.45 7.35 148.80 18.38 130.42 62.40 4.21/90.73 0.43/9.27 4.64/100 172.61 9.03 181.64 101.33 80.13 4.2.2.6 Conclusion In its present stage, the mechanical tuxer can effectively tuxy abaca leaf sheaths. The tuxy produced covers the full width of the halved leaf sheaths and runs through its entire length. Thus, the fiber produced is 22.75% more than from the manually tuxied leaf sheaths. However, manual tuxying proves to be more efficient. A tuxero needs to spend only 1/3 of his time to equal the production of a mechanical tuxer. Because his only tool is a stripping knife, which is decades old, the cost to tuxy abaca is only his time spent. Thus, the cost to tuxy a kilogram of fiber using the labor of a tuxero is only Php4.86 compared to Php21.84 using a mechanical tuxer. To beat the pace of manual tuxying, the mechanical tuxer should have an effective mechanism in pulling the tuxies, that is: manual labor should be engaged only in feeding the leaf sheaths and gathering the tuxies. The working model has this feature but somehow was set aside in the development of the final model. 4.2.2.7 Recommendation • Improve the efficiency of the mechanical tuxer by working on the following areas: - automatic pulling of materials - quality and size of materials of rollers and puller
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