การประเมินประสิทธิภาพเครื่องอัดลูกอมขิง

This research objective was to design the ginger candy compression machine and determine the efficiency and capacity for saving time and labor in pressing ginger candy for community enterprise groups Pim Malaherb Chiang Rai Province. Ginger candy compression machine consists of the main structure namely the extruder and power transmission systems. The machine was designed with two horsepower motors or 1.5 kilowatts to drive the shaft and to rotate the screw through the flange. This study installs the inverter to control the motor speed at 1000±10 1200±10 and 1400±10 rpm. The extrusion die had an average diameter of 9.7 millimeters. The results found that the motors speed that was suitable for compression was a Rotational speed of 1400±10 rpm. When the speed increased the efficiency and the working rate increased too. The amount of ginger stirred was used at 300 500 600 900 1000 1500 2000 and 3000 grams. The maximum efficiency was 90.85 percent. The efficiency increased with the amount of ginger stirred. The ginger candy compression machines engineering economic analysis results found that the machines operating cost was 18063.6 baht per year. When considering the machines operation at 792 hours per year the payback period was 6 months and 11 days.