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This study was conducted to design, fabricate, and evaluate the performance of the village-type coconut coir dust compacting machine. Coconut coir dust (CCD) was compacted to form coconut coir dust bricks (CCDBs) suitable for storage and transportation to be used as a potting medium. Two different initial heights of CCD have been tested with three different levels of cassava starch binder (CSB) mixture notably 10%, 20%, and 30% of the initial weight of the CCD. The result showed that at 6" initial height with 30% CSB, the compressed density and relaxed density was highest at 4.49 g/cm3 and 2.16 g/cm3 respectively. In terms of production capacity, CCDBs at 6” initial height with 30% CSB got the highest compacting rate of 3.09 kg/hr with an output rate of approximately 21 CCDBs/hr. Results implied that the CCDBs at 6” initial height with 30% CSB were more suitable for storage and transportation purposes. |
