Influence of Operational Variables in Bicycle Driven Bamboo Slicing Phenomena by Methodology of Response Surface Approach

Abstract

Since global energy consumption rises, there seems to be a pressing need to create innovative technologies for saving energy and power production, especially those with lower ecological effects. There is indeed a current must to discover an alternate for renewable sources of energy to be used at any time from any location as well as being accessible to the entire public. Human energy is indeed a kind of alternative energy which has been employed to varying degrees throughout history. In this regard, this research consists of the design and construction of a pedal-driven bamboo slivering (sliver making) machine powered by a human-powered flywheel motor (HPFM). This article evaluates the overall impacts of several process factors upon the outputs of the human-powered bamboo slivering (sliver cutting) phenomenon, such as torque -resistive, sliver numbers, and processing time. The 108 sets of experiments were carried out based on which experimental based models were formulated by using designed experiments and the influence of several independent (input)factors on response (output factors) variables were investigated in cutting the slivers of bamboo using an approach of response surface methodology.