Design, Fabrication, and Testing of a Raspador for Simultaneous Extraction and Brushing of Sisal Fibers by Small-scale Sisal Farmers
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2021-07-10Author
Barasa, N. W.
Njoroge, K. D.
Mbuya, T. O.
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Demand for natural fibers is on the rise as awareness of environmental
protection keeps abreast. Sisal fibers, for instance, are largely utilized not
only in the manufacture of mats, ropes, carpets, and sacks but also in the
reinforcement of polymer composites. With the increased demand for sisal
fibers, there is a need to equally increase the exploitation of sisal by smallscale
farmers. UNIDO, for instance, recommended that appropriate smallscale
machines that are accessible to small-scale holders should be developed.
This research examines the progress in the development of small-scale
machines and designs a raspador for simultaneous extraction and brushing
of sisal fibers. This is to ensure that there is value and income addition for the
small-scale farmers in East Africa and perhaps the rest of the world.