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.
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).