Implementasi Mesin Penggoreng Mekanis Untuk Meningkatkan Produktivitas Dan Kualitas Kerupuk Amplang Di Ukm Yuan Kartika

The potential of mackerel fish reaches 5000 tons / year. Mackerel fish is not seasonal, which means it is available throughout the year. This is what makes Yuan Kartika UKM take advantage of the opportunity to process fish products into amplang crackers. Constraints experienced by SMEs so far are; 1) the amount of production that has not been optimal, because of inadequate production equipment, 2) the frying process is less efficient and requires labor skills; 3) marketing of products is still limited in the local area so that the income earned is not maximal. Based on the survey, SMEs need technology improvements for the frying process so that the process can be done semi-mechanically. Mechanical fryers have a capacity of 3-4 kg / process, twice as large as manual fryers which have a capacity of 2 kg of dough / process, so the production process is shorter and meets the SME production target of 30 kg / day. The frying process takes 15 minutes, faster than the manual frying process for 20 minutes. The level of comfort and safety in the frying process is also better, because the equipment is equipped with a protective / frame so that workers are not affected by heat due to the burner stove heating process. Production results are smooth and meet the production targets, and the quality of the amplang cracker products is the same both before and after the semi-mechanical fryer is applied.