Development of buntal fiber extraction machine/ Dexter Gonzales De Torres, Albert Gupit Almarez, Jhon Cris Moring Mendoza, Ma. Romaine Dollante Boco, and John Franz Hernandez Mendoza.--

Bachelor's Thesis

College of Industrial Technology.-- Bachelor of technology program: Technological University of the Philippines, 2022.

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Buli, also known as buri, is a giant palm tree native to the Philippines that serves various
purposes. Manually extracting Buli fiber may take a long time to finish, and it needs human
force to achieve the perfect output. This project research, entitled "Development of Buntal
Fiber Extraction Machine," was conducted to fabricate a fiber extractor machine designed
especially for extracting fiber from Buli petioles. This research aims to make the Buli
petiole fiber extraction much faster and produce many fibers quickly. Moreover, the
developed project prototype is intended to help buntal fiber farmers, and other fiber farmers
make it easier to extract fiber from Buli petioles and to promote the production rate of Buli
fiber products and the excellent quality and durability of our local products that are made
from Buli fiber. The buntal fiber extraction machine is another type of fiber extraction
machine that extracts fiber from the buntal or petioles of buri or buli. Unlike the traditional
manual extraction method, it is designed to make extraction more accessible and increase
productivity. The project prototype has a 2 HP electrically powered motor, which is used
to make the pulley, belt, and stripping drum rotates. At the same time, the results of the
conducted project prototype evaluation from the different respondents in terms of
functionality, aesthetics, workability, efficiency, economy, and safety were mostly given
Excellent and Very Acceptable. It is concluded that the performance and design of this
project prototype greatly help extract fiber from Buli petioles in an easy and time-saving
way.