Faculty of Engineering UMSU Lecturer Helps Cicada Stirring Machine Increase Production
UMSU Faculty of Engineering lecturers provide a crabapple stirring machine to increase business production at the Bakery UMKM in Berastagi, North Sumatra.
This activity is a community partnership program (PKM) of UMSU Faculty of Engineering Lecturers.
Most MSMEs that grew during the pandemic need a touch of capital and technology. Several UMSU lecturers saw that the bread-making business in Brastagi needed a touch of technology so that their productivity could increase and ultimately increase their income.
The handover of the Srikaya mixer machine to help increase business productivity in the Bakery UMKM was attended by the Gundaling Village Head Muhammad Tahir Bangun Kepling VII Teruna Jaya Kemit, UMKM members, and the surrounding community.
While from UMSU, the UMSU Faculty of Engineering PKM team was present, chaired by Ahmad Marabdi Siregar MT with team members Chandra A. Siregar MT, Khairul Umurani MT and accompanied by Faculty of Engineering students including Chairul Arif Gunawan Surbakti, Dimas Pribadi, Tedi Prabowo.
He explained that the ability of the machine to stir 10 kg of sugar apple takes 10 hours, while with this machine stirrer, for 30 kg of sugar apple only takes 8 hours, ”
The design of this Srikaya Jam stirring machine aims to help the process of making srikaya jam to make it more effective and efficient in the manufacturing process.
This machine is designed using solidwork software, stirring using an electric motor drive and heating the LPG stove. In addition, to prevent srikaya jam from emptying, the cooking tube is designed with a double jacket model so that it does not come into direct contact with the fire.
“The design of the srikaya jam stirring machine has the following specifications: 1) Frame dimensions: Length 700 mm, Width 700 mm, Height 1100 mm, 2) Drive: AC 220V motor with a power of 0.186 Kw V; 2800 Rpm, 3) SS 304 pipe mixer material with a thickness of 2 mm, 4) Transmission 1: 50 WPX 50 type connected by pulley and belt, rotating speed of the stirrer 30 Rpm, 5) Dimensions of the tube of the srikaya jam cooking unit with a diameter of 400 mm and a height of 500 mm, capacity of 50 kg.” said the team to this media crew.
Gundaling Village Head Muhammad Tahir Bangun expressed his gratitude to the UMSU Faculty of Engineering PKM Team for the provision and implementation of the delivery of the Srikaya stirring machine to help increase business productivity in the Bakery UMKM so that the tool is helpful for MSMEs in Berastagi City.
