BMFU 3293 | 2016 | Doc No.

T-002 | Proposal Form

Chili Seed
Separator
09.03.2016
Wednesday

FACULTY OF MANUFACTURING
ENGINEERING
BMFU 3293 INTEGRATED DESIGN
PROJECT
DETAILS OF PROJECT TEAM

Name
Muhammad Azim
bin Abu Yazid

Loh Mun Kong

Designati
on
Project
Leader

Matric.
No.

Dept.

HP No.

Email

BMFA

011373152
46

muhammad_azi
m9454@yahoo.c
om

016738251
9

mkloh0214@gm
ail.com

019598836
5

azmunir7@gmai
l.com

018784126
2

elina.abdul@gm
ail.com

014844246
9

sscl.sitisalmiah
@gmail.com

B051310
206

Member

BMFP
B051310
073

Azmul Munir bin

Ghazali

Member

Nur Elina
Shahrina Amza
bt Abd Mudtalib

Member

Siti Salmiah bt
Che Lah

Member

BMFA
B051310
239
BMFB
B051410
070
BMFR
B051410
090

PROJECT INFORMATION
PROJECT DURATION:

From
To

: 26 February 2016
: 27 Mei 2016

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY OF PROJECT PROPOSAL (maximum 300

words)
Dry chili seed is known as the major causes to appendicitis disease. Some
research even show that chili seeds contain Capsaicin that could be
harmful if it get contact with hands and eyes. Since it could dissipated large
amount of heat, the possibility of human to get burnt intestinal and lesion
at the abdominal surface is high. This is the challenges that any Small &
Medium Enterprise (SME) would face, especially the one who venture in
chilis industry. Thereby, this project is forwarded to facilitate the SME in
order to comply the health regulations and satisfy customers need. This
project is proposed based on the previous design project that had been
developed by third year students. There are few technical problems
occurred to the machine they built that cause malfunction. Hereby, a new
project is generated based on the previous scenario and the new title is
chosen which is Chili Seeds Separator. The focus not just on the dry chili,
but any type of chili can be use as long as the main function is to separate
the seeds using this new product. Methodology section will explained using
the aid of flowchart and the working duration is stated in Gantt chart. Since
sustainability is chosen as the concept of this Integrated Design Project,
students should be able to design and build a prototype of the machine
itself while providing a clear review from the report at the end of the
project.

DETAIL PLANNING
Project Background

1)

Problem Statement:

Due to increasing used of seedless dried chilies as the main ingredient for seasoning,
Small Medium Enterprise (SME) with number of employees not exceeding 200 workers
cannot afford to cover the market need. With this shortage of manpower and nonautomatically process, the seedless dried chilies are difficult to produce, and this causes
the order or the business on hand loss.
This is important to remove the seed from the chilies. The main component in chilies is
called capsaicin and it is inside the seed of it. However, the capsaicin, the active
ingredient that makes the dried chilies hot will have an effect on metabolism. If the
amount is massive, the stomach and intestines would not be able to handle. Another
study also shows that the chilies seeds cannot be digested in human feces and
therefore they slipped into a channel as salty thing, in a very long time there may be the
seeds stuck into channel appendices which eventually became the bacteria nest and
breed as the infection that causes inflammation of the appendix.
Therefore, in order to solve this problem, we need some innovative solution. We have
to design and fabricate a machine that can totally remove the seed from the dried
chilies. Furthermore, this machine must have high processing speed and efficiency so
that the production rate from SME can increase and obtain more order from the
purchaser.

2)

Related works:

Nowadays, dried chillies become one of important ingredients in Asian dishes. Where it is make
some people to feel hot and spicy meals but delicious and therefore they become more desirable to be
tasted. However, consumer face many problems or bad effects of the dried chillies especially
concerning with its effects for human health. Thus, consuming foods that contains chillies seeds for a
certain period may cause appendicitis. Next, appendicitis disease is generally caused by bacterial
infection and cannot digested in human faeces. Moreover, cooking with chillies seeds makes the
dishes become yellowish and therefore reduce appetite. As Far as the issue is concerned, the chillies
seeds need to be removed as much as possible before cooking. However, preparing unseeded chillies

manually required tedious steps and time consuming in industries.

Therefore, due to the appendicitis disease and to reduce human exposure to chillies seeds, a machine
that can remove or separate the dried chilli seeds should be fabricated. While, at the same time it can
be reduced the processing time and produce more chillies. The Machine should be considered in term
of cost, sustainability, time, maintenance and the output. This machine is designed to separate seeds
from dried chillies in high volume particularly to help chilli based industries to optimize production
while reducing the appendicitis disease. Furthermore, the machine is invented with simple
mechanism, easy to use and the operation automatically function. There are have several production
process consists of cutting and separating. Through that, the production will produce a lot of dried
chillies without seeds in short period of time that may need in any industries to reduce their
production cost. Which is suitable created for Small Medium Enterprise (SME).The performance of
this machine is very efficient and might be capable to separate between chillies and seeds almost
ninety nine percent of the performance. Another advantage that can be made is its portability so it can
be moved anywhere wanted. By the help of this machine manual cutting and process of removing
seeds, like traditional process can be eliminated.

3)

References (at least 10 references):

Appendicitis, John Blair Deaver, Reprint Edition, Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2010.
David G.Ullman (2003).The Mechanical Design Process.3rd Edition, McGaw-Hill, NY.
Karl T. Ulrich (2002).Product Design And Development. Second Edition, NY.
Mohd Shazwan Yusop (2015,Oktober 13).Creative & Innovative Competition,
Retrieved from http://www.kosmo.com.my/kosmo/content.asp?y=2015&dt=1102&
pub=kosmo&sec=GenK&pg=gk_01.htm
Michael F. Ashby (2010).Materials Selection in Mechanical Design (4th edition). Butterworth
Heinemann, UK: Elsevier.
Michael F. Ashby (2010).Materials and Sustainable Development(1st edition)Butterworth
Heinemann, UK: Elsevier.
M Anem (2015,Oktober 29).Dried Chillies, Retrieved from
http://animhosnan.blogspot.my/2015/10/cili-kering-proses-membuatnya.html
P. C. Majumdar, Appendicitis Curable by Homoeopathic Medicine, B. Jain Publisher,
2005.
Robert L. Mott, (2005) .Machine Elements in Mechanical Design. 4th Edition. Prentice
Hall, Singapore.
Sandy Craig,(2015,December 27).Appendicitis Retrieved from
http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/773895-overview#a1
Verneda Lights(2012,July 25).Appendicitis Retrieved from
http://www.healthline.com/health/appendicitis

4) Objectives:
The objective of our project is
To help Small Medium Enterprise (SME) separate chili seeds in lot of
quantity with the help of this machine.
To reduce negative impact obtained from chili seeds especially
harmful disease such as appendicitis disease and cancer.
To simplify the separation process of the chili seeds in automated way.
To fulfil the sustainability concept of this Integrated Design Project.

5)
i.

Methodology

Description of methodology
For our group IDP project, we have chosen scenario no 49 which is about to
avoid the consume more of seed in cooked that might cause the appendicitis.
Our method of research is divided into three sub section which are:
1. Data collection and analysis
From the data collected from all of the group members, we have discussed
about the conceptual plan of the prototype product regarding on how will it
work and the mechanism than could be used to make the prototype.
2. Proposed design
For the design stage, all of the group members have to at least come up
with one design of the product. We will then compare all the designs and
decided to pick only one design that will be used for the product.
3. Developing a prototype
After we are done with the design, we will continue to the next stage which
is to develop a prototype. There are several constraints set to develop the
prototype which are the cost and time limit.

ii.

Flow Chart of project activities

iii. Project Activities

No.
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
iv.

Tasks
Submission of scenario form
Group discussion for the topic selected
Preparation for proposal
Product design stages(concept, design,
material selection)
Submission of proposal
Preparation of required material & equipment
Processing and fabrication stage of prototype
Testing and analysis of the prototype
Finishing process for the prototype
Submission of log book and general conduct
evaluation
Exhibition
Submission of technical report, group folder
and claim

Start date
22/2/2016
26/2/2016
1/3/2016
4/3/2016

End date
26/2/2016
1/3/2016
4/3/2016
11/3/2016

7/3/2016
11/3/2016
21/3/2016
2/5/2016
9/5/2016
13/5/2016

11/3/2016
25/3/2016
2/5/2016
6/5/2016
13/5/2016
20/5/2016

23/5/2016
27/5/2016

27/5/2016
27/5/2016

Gantt Chart

Gantt chart is commonly used in project management. It is one of the most popular tool to help you to
create a schedule for your project and showing activities, tasks or events displayed against time. The
Gantt chart for our project is made in order to help us to have a well time management. On the left of
the chart is a list of the activities and along the top is a suitable time scale. Each activity is
represented by a small bar. The position and length of the bar reflects the start, the duration and the
end of the activity.

No.

Tasks

Week
1

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7

Preparation for proposal

Product design stages(concept,
design, material selection)
Submission of proposal
Preparation of required material &
equipment
Processing and fabrication stage of
prototype
Finishing process for the prototype

6)

selected

12

Group discussion for the topic

Testing and analysis of the prototype

11

Submission of scenario form

10

Submission of log book and general

conduct evaluation
Exhibition
Submission of technical report,
group folder and claim
Expected Outcomes

The final result of this project should fulfil the main objectives of this program
which is sustainability, students should be able to design and build a prototype
of the machine itself while providing a clear review of the Chili Seeds Separator
from the report at the end of the project. In order to create a sustainable
product, students have to make a lot of research and effort to understand how
the machine work and the suitable mechanism to be applied in the machine.
Other objectives also should be fulfil to comply with the scenario. This machine
could be commercialized to the wider market and get attention from SME
industry and be used as part of their manufacturing process.

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ACCESS TO EQUIPMENT / TOOLS & MATERIAL

Type of
Equipment/Tools

Description

Location

TIG/MIG Welding

Part of fabrication process to

Makmal FKP Blok

assemble the prototype

To cut the material/workpiece

Makmal FKP Blok

Laser Cutter Machine

B
Tensile Test

To test the material strength

Makmal Bahan 2

Fabrication (Chisel,

To assemble the prototype

Makmal FKP Blok

Riveted, etc.)
CNC Machine

B
To cut complex shape of the

Makmal AMC FKP

prototype

Blok B

DECLARATION BY PROJECT TEAM

We hereby:
- Agree to uphold the highest ethical standards in our project this
semester.
- Understand that our progress in the course is subject to evaluation
to ensure that we give maximum effort and dedication to Product
Design and Development project.
PROJECT TEAM SIGNATURE

Name:
Muhammad
Azim bin Abu

Name: Loh
Mun Kong

Name: Azmul
Munir bin
Ghazali

Name: Nur
Elina
Shahrina

Name: Siti
Salmiah bt
Che Lah

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Yazid

Amza bt Abd
Mudtalib
Date: 9/3/16

APPROVAL BY SUPERVISORS
Supervisor A:
Name: Dr Fairul Azni bin Jafar

Date:

Signature & Stamp:

Supervisor B:
Name: Dr Mohd Asyadi Azam bin Mohd Abid

Date

Signature & Stamp:

APPROVAL BY COURSE COORDINATOR / AJK IDP FKP

Approval:
Approved without amendment
Approved with amendment (Please specify amendment)

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Not approved
General Comments:

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