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Design, construction, and performance evaluation of Desk type Seedling Tray Dibbler Tool (DeSTDi TOOL)
(Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University - North La Union Campus, 2017-05) Tejano, Kathlyn Mae A.
The A desk type seedling tray dibbler tool (DeSTDi Tool) was designed for tray based seedling production of high value crops. It was locally-fabricated using commonly used shop materials, tools and equipment. The design and fabrication was done on April 2017, at the Motorpool Unit of Don Mariano Marcos Memorial State University-North La union Campus, Bacnotan, La Union. The testing was held at the researcher’s residence. The study sought to design, construct and evaluate a dibbling tool that can punch pricking holes faster, easier, and with better quality output. Specifically, it aimed to fabricate and evaluate the performance of DeSTDi Tool in terms of: dibbling time (sec per tray), dibbling quality (%), and dibbling capacity (tray per hour). The cost and return analysis of the study was also performed. The machine has had an average dibbling time of 6.7 seconds, a 97.1 percent quality, and held a capacity of 538 trays per hour. The machine cost was 2,575.50 pesos and the payback period is 6 days.