Fuzzy Logic Controller Application to an Automatic Corn Sheller

Abstract

Corn is the common agriculture product in Palembang suburban, which can be utilized to boost the income of local residents. Appropriate technology application is beneficial to improve the productivity of the household scale industry. This paper proposed an automatic corn sheller to apply appropriate technology for post-harvesting of the agriculture industry in the Palembang suburban. The corn sheller design is kept simple to ensure its repeatability. Experiments using the design test-best were conducted to show the effectiveness of the proposed method. Data results show that the sheller effectively follows the FLC design. The average total time of the shelling process is 4.7 s which is fast; therefore, it can improve the productivity of household-scale industries. The data results show that the proposed method is effective in shelling average corn found in Palembang.