Commodities tubers can be processed into various products, both semi-finished products or intermediate products in the form of chips / cassava and flour as well as the finished product is a product that is ready for consumption. Processed products tubers are known in the community include tapioca, cassava flour, liquid sugar, chips, and others. Tubers processed products are made from ...
Read More »Quality of Sweet Potato
Based on SNI 01-4493-1998, the quality of sweet potato can be classified into 3 (three) quality classes which are quality I, II and III. The quality requirements of sweet potato is divided into two general conditions: sweet potatoes should not have foreign odors, sweet potatoes must be free of pests and diseases, yams must be free of chemicals such as ...
Read More »Produk Olahan Umbi-Umbian
Komoditas umbi-umbian dapat diolah menjadi berbagai macam produk, baik produk setengah jadi atau produk antara berupa chip/gaplek dan tepung maupun produk jadi yaitu produk yang siap untuk dikonsumsi. Produk hasil pengolahan umbi-umbian yang dikenal di masyarakat diantaranya adalah tapioka, tepung singkong, gula cair, keripik, dan lain-lain. Produk olahan umbi-umbian tersebut terbuat dari ubi kayu dan jenis umbi yang lainnya. Walaupun ...
Read More »Metode Sortasi dan Grading
Metode sortasi dan grading dengan sistem meja berjalan yang lain adalah dengan menggunakan sistem konveyor, dengan metode ini produk harus mengalir dengan kecepatan tertentu dan tidak terlalu cepat sehingga pekerja dapat melakukan pekerjaannya dengan baik. Kecepatan rotasi dari konveyor push-bar atau rollers hendaknya disesuaikan untuk merotasikan atau memutar produk secara individu pada porosnya dua kali dengan jangkauan pandang pekerja. Rotasi ...
Read More »Cassava and Sweet Potatoes
Cassava Manioc or cassava is an important source of carbohydrate after rice, maize, and sago. Cassava is the botanical name Manihot esculenta Crantz but better known by the name Manihot utilissima. Cassava can be used directly as a staple food or processed into semi-finished products in the form of starch cassava (tapioca), dried cassava and cassava flour. Damage that occurs ...
Read More »Sorting and Grading Equipment Methods
Sorting and grading tool that uses two belts divider or called diverging belt works by passing the product between two belts tersebut.Makin long distance between the two belt continues to expand so that the small-sized fruit will fall first and large sized fruit will fall later or retained belt. This tool can work quickly separates products by size. Pictures diverging ...
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