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Invention of a Semiautomatic Machine with an Electro-Pneumatic Control System for the Mushroom Spawn Compression-Molding Process
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-5874
The purpose of this work is to develop and implement a semiautomatic electro-pneumatic mushroom spawn press and also to assess its functionality and the physical properties of the mushroom spawn. The developed machine has a width of 1 m, a length of 1 m, and a height of 1.5 m. It is made up of many key components, including the machine’s structural steel, a material feeding chute system, a compression cylinder, and an electro-pneumatic control system. It can fill and compress six mushroom blocks at once, each weighing between 800 and 1000 g. The development results revealed that compressing mushroom culture using this machine could reduce working time by 9.57 ± 0.22 s/time. There was a difference between the methods of pressing utilizing a mushroom spawn machine of the manufacturer and the traditional hand pressing method at the statistical significance level of p ≤ 0.05. The devised technique of pressing with a semiautomatic mushroom spawn press utilizing an electro-pneumatic system could reduce the working time by 74.23% more than pressing using the mushroom spawn press of the manufacturer. Besides, compared to the traditional manual compression approach, the production time was reduced by 87.62%. It has a production capacity of approximately 451.58 ± 10.53 bags/h, which is four times greater than the traditional mushroom pressing method. At a significance level of 0.05, there was no significant difference in the physical properties of the mushroom culture prepared from the three compression techniques. The moisture content of the spawn was between 65 and 66%, the height of the spawn was 15–16 cm, the dry weight of the spawn was 899–915 g, and the average spawn density was between 607 and 626 kg/m3. Furthermore, the spawn has an average diameter of 11 cm, which is the size of the mushroom spawn bags required by manufacturers.
Invention of a Semiautomatic Machine with an Electro-Pneumatic Control System for the Mushroom Spawn Compression-Molding Process
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-5874
The purpose of this work is to develop and implement a semiautomatic electro-pneumatic mushroom spawn press and also to assess its functionality and the physical properties of the mushroom spawn. The developed machine has a width of 1 m, a length of 1 m, and a height of 1.5 m. It is made up of many key components, including the machine’s structural steel, a material feeding chute system, a compression cylinder, and an electro-pneumatic control system. It can fill and compress six mushroom blocks at once, each weighing between 800 and 1000 g. The development results revealed that compressing mushroom culture using this machine could reduce working time by 9.57 ± 0.22 s/time. There was a difference between the methods of pressing utilizing a mushroom spawn machine of the manufacturer and the traditional hand pressing method at the statistical significance level of p ≤ 0.05. The devised technique of pressing with a semiautomatic mushroom spawn press utilizing an electro-pneumatic system could reduce the working time by 74.23% more than pressing using the mushroom spawn press of the manufacturer. Besides, compared to the traditional manual compression approach, the production time was reduced by 87.62%. It has a production capacity of approximately 451.58 ± 10.53 bags/h, which is four times greater than the traditional mushroom pressing method. At a significance level of 0.05, there was no significant difference in the physical properties of the mushroom culture prepared from the three compression techniques. The moisture content of the spawn was between 65 and 66%, the height of the spawn was 15–16 cm, the dry weight of the spawn was 899–915 g, and the average spawn density was between 607 and 626 kg/m3. Furthermore, the spawn has an average diameter of 11 cm, which is the size of the mushroom spawn bags required by manufacturers.
Invention of a Semiautomatic Machine with an Electro-Pneumatic Control System for the Mushroom Spawn Compression-Molding Process
https://orcid.org/http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9299-5874
The purpose of this work is to develop and implement a semiautomatic electro-pneumatic mushroom spawn press and also to assess its functionality and the physical properties of the mushroom spawn. The developed machine has a width of 1 m, a length of 1 m, and a height of 1.5 m. It is made up of many key components, including the machine’s structural steel, a material feeding chute system, a compression cylinder, and an electro-pneumatic control system. It can fill and compress six mushroom blocks at once, each weighing between 800 and 1000 g. The development results revealed that compressing mushroom culture using this machine could reduce working time by 9.57 ± 0.22 s/time. There was a difference between the methods of pressing utilizing a mushroom spawn machine of the manufacturer and the traditional hand pressing method at the statistical significance level of p ≤ 0.05. The devised technique of pressing with a semiautomatic mushroom spawn press utilizing an electro-pneumatic system could reduce the working time by 74.23% more than pressing using the mushroom spawn press of the manufacturer. Besides, compared to the traditional manual compression approach, the production time was reduced by 87.62%. It has a production capacity of approximately 451.58 ± 10.53 bags/h, which is four times greater than the traditional mushroom pressing method. At a significance level of 0.05, there was no significant difference in the physical properties of the mushroom culture prepared from the three compression techniques. The moisture content of the spawn was between 65 and 66%, the height of the spawn was 15–16 cm, the dry weight of the spawn was 899–915 g, and the average spawn density was between 607 and 626 kg/m3. Furthermore, the spawn has an average diameter of 11 cm, which is the size of the mushroom spawn bags required by manufacturers.
Invention of a Semiautomatic Machine with an Electro-Pneumatic Control System for the Mushroom Spawn Compression-Molding Process
J. Inst. Eng. India Ser. A
Sumrit, Thawanrat (author) / Bunsak, Araya (author) / Uprapui, Amornrat (author) / Jantarasricha, Tanakorn (author)
Journal of The Institution of Engineers (India): Series A ; 105 ; 357-369
2024-06-01
13 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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