Chapter 5

SUMMARY OF FINDINGS, CONCLUSIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

This chapter presents the summary of findings, conclusions and recommendation for
further improvement of the study based from the results of the evaluation, comments and suggestions

Summary of Findings
The designed prototype, Eco Briquetting Machine, was succesfully fabricated according to the
designated procedure and requirements of materials. The machine can produce large numbers of
briquettes by compressing the mixture into cylindrical shape. The prototype has its own features when it
comes to safety and handling. Sensor helps the machine to monitor the inputs inside the hopper, that
makes it suitable for users awareness. The lifting section has solenoid lock to prevent collision to
compressing section. The safety feature of maintenance door is to ensure that the prototype is disable
when it is open.

Eco Briquetting Machine, has four different section such as hopper and ejecting section,
compressing section, lifting section, and control section. The main function is to produced a briquetted
charcoal with its specified size and weight. The machine is operated by motor with controls of stop and
start. The design prototype can be individually operated. It is friendly user so, even the person with
disability can handle this safely.

The result showed that the machine is functioning properly. The mixture or raw material were
compressed according to its shape and size. The numbers of briquetted mixture produced were compared
to traditional machine. There are no findings on complications of the machine as if it works properly
without any supervision of the operators.

The evaluators were satisfied to the output and mechanism of the project, according to the mean
rating for functionality it gives _, for workability_, economy_, saleability_, durability_, and safety_ with
an overall mean rating of__ and descriptive rating of excellent. This only shows that the machine has the
capability to be more advantageous than the older machine and can be more useful enough to use by the
end user.
Conclusion
The following are the conclusion arrived based on the concern on objectives of the study and
findings and evaluations conducted.

1. The design of the machine for safety purposes was succesfully built with a following
features:
a. ) Maintenance door was successfully installed in the ____ of the machine.
b. ) Solenoid lock is used in lifting section to prevent engagement from compressing
section.

2. The machine was successfully fabricated using locally available materials in accordance with
the objectives of the study. The mechanical assembly such as cover and base was fabricated
in machine shop.

3. The machine was tested in the area where raw material is available. The following testing
procedures used were speed testing, output stability, and burning efficiency. The tests results
gives an excellent descriptive rating and high mean rating.

4. The output from the designed machine was compared to traditional machine to know the
difference between the two in terms of size, shape and weight. The designed machine gives
an equal cylindrical shape but different in size and weight.

5. The machine was evaluated by 20 respondents and it was evaluated in terms of functionality,
durability, workability, saleability, economy, and safety. The following terms are evaluated
through demonstration and trying out the machine.
Recommendations
After concluding the capability of this study, the following are the comments and suggestion of
the evaluators for further improvement of the developed machine.

1. The Eco Briquetting machine should have a mechanism for the part where residue of the
mixture fallout from the movable hopper.

2. The Eco Briquetting Machine should enhance the overall performance specially on the
hopper part, where mixture should properly pour into the cylinder.