IMPROVEMENT OF THE TECHNOLOGI PACKAGING FOR THE TRANSPORTATION OF MANGOSTEEN
Abstract: The research aimed
to design a package made of corrugated board for mangosteen packaging; test the
compression strength of the packaging; analyze the effect of packaging capacity
and fruit packing pattern in the container on some quality parameters after
transport, and analyze the economy of the packaging used.The research was
conducted in three stages, namely: the measurement of physical and mechanical
properties of fruit (Stage I); the packaging design i.e. determining the
packaging dimension (Stage II); and packaging design testing (Stage III).
Compression and vibration testing were conducted. For the vibration testing,
transport simulations were conducted using the vibration simulator of 3.50 Hz
and amplitude of 4.61 cm for 3 hours. The packaging was designed with a
capacity of 8 kg and 15 kg using two packing pattern, namely the fcc and
Jumble. Based on the physical and mechanical properties, optimal packing
pattern of 8 kg container was 8, 4, and 4 pieces of fruit for the long x, y,
and z direction, respectively, with the density of 62%. Therefore, gave
packaging dimension of 39.4 x 21 x 21 cm. For the 15 kg container, the optimal
packing pattern was 8, 6 and 5 pieces of fruit for the x, y, and z direction,
respectively, with the packing density of 65.6%. Thus, gave dimension of 39.4 x
30 x 25 cm. Based on overall test results, it can be stated that the design
packaging capacity of 8 kg with dimension of 39.4 cm x 21 cm x 21 cm and the
fcc packing pattern gave the optimal setting for mangosteen transportation.
Penulis: Niluh Yulianti,
Sutrisno, Emmy Darmawati
Kode Jurnal: jppertaniandd100222