Pineapple rolled tart machine / Nurain Nadiah Basri

This paper presents a semi-automatic, portable and low cost Pineapple Rolled Tart Machine. The productivity of man made rolled pineapple tart is very slow to meet market demand compare topped pineapple because it involves more complicated processes. This machine would improve processing time, operating cost and affordable for small scale industry (SSI). The machine was tested at screw rotating speeds from stepper motor as a system drive to carry both dough and jam with the help of easy driver and controller. As a portable and semi auto machine, dough and jam will incorporated into the hopper and barrel manually. It was found that the rolled tart produced machine was acceptable in texture. Estimated processing time is 10 seconds for 1 pieces rolled tart.