Conceptual Framework

The Coconut industry in the Philippines is one of the biggest producers in the world, as it
is just behind Indonesia. With the growing coconut farms in the South Luzon, the researchers
considered fabricating and designing an Electric Coconut Grater to help coconut farmers lessen
their time and effort in harvesting and production.
The conceptual framework that was used in the study is the Input-Process-Output
model as shown below. The (IPO) framework shows the process of design and fabrication of an
electric coconut grater.
For input, it is consisted of the working drawing simulation and computer aided
software animation which is under design. All the processes under designing the grater occurs
here.
For process, it includes the gathering of data, assembling of the machine, and design
calculation. For the output, every data that is collated will be used to make necessary changes
in the design prototype.

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Theoretical Framework
According to a study Design and development of coconut fiber extraction machine. SAS
Tech Journal (Prashant, Y., Gopinath, C., & Ravichandran, V. 2014), shows that people had
difficulties in existing process, work time, and labor cost.
Through the study Development of a young coconut fruit trimming machine. Journal of
Food Engineering, 79(3), 752-757. (Jarimopas, B., & Ruttanadat, N. (2007), says that the project
will begin with collection of information and data on user lifestyle in the researcher’s
hometown in this case, in Cavite. The current difficulties were analyzed. Interviews were held
with users. A comparative bench marking study was done on similar processes used in other
similar extraction processes. Along with this an ergonomic simulation was made to understand
the user difficulties and manufacturing methods to get an overview to provide solution to the
user to suit their requirement.
After a thorough investigation the researchers decided to develop an innovative and an
available coconut grater machine in the market at a reasonable cost along with this an
ergonomic simulation was made to understand the user difficulties and manufacturing methods
to get an overview to provide solution to the user to suit their requirement.