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Design and Development of a Portable Sisal Decorticator

Design and Development of a Portable Sisal Decorticator

Tanveer Ahmad1, Hafiz Sultan Mahmood1*, Zulfiqar Ali1, Muhammad Azeem Khan2 and Shahid Zia3

1Agricultural and Biological Engineering Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, PO Box 45500, Islamabad, Pakistan; 2Social Sciences Research Institute, National Agricultural Research Centre, Park Road, PO Box 45500, Islamabad, Pakistan; 3Lok Sanjh Foundation, Mangla Road, Sector G-9/3, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Email: sultan_fmi@hotmail.com

Fig 1

Assembly design of portable sisal decorticator (Left) and part detail (Right).

Fig 2

Prototype unit of sisal decorticator.

Fig 3

Principle of raspador decortication.

Fig 4

Measurement of sisal decortication resistance

Fig 5

Wild sisal plants grown in Rawalpindi (Left) and fibre extracted employing sisal decorticator (Right).

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Pakistan Journal of Agricultural Research

December

Vol.36, Iss. 4, Pages 297-403

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