Design Of Prototype Dual-Purposed Vanilla
Drying-Fermentation Machine

Keywords: drying, fermentation, vanilla, machine ,work alternately, automatically. Keywords: drying, fermentation, vanilla, machine ,work alternately, automatically.

ABSTRACT

Abstract :The main problem of processed vanilla bean is the poor quality. One of causal factor is the lack of appropriate equipment such as dryer, and fermentation equipment. The purpose of This research is to produce an equipment that able to perform both drying and fermenting the raw vanilla beans directly after harvesting that have a good performance. By using this machine it was expected the quality of Vanilla bean will increased. Results shows that the the equipment functioned properly with slow drying rate, the stable temperature, good quality of the dried bean as well as good performance on drying and fermentation processes that can be performed on precise time alternately and automatically.

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