Technology of processing oil palm trunk for ruminant feed

• Main Authors: Ismail Ab. Raman, Hoi, W.K, Puad Elham, Mohd. Azmi Hashim, Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), Kepong, 52109 Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia)
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) Oil Palm Tree Utilization Committee of Malaysia, Ministry of Primary Industries 1991
• Subjects: ALIMENTACION; ALIMENTACION DE LOS ANIMALES; ALIMENTATION; ALIMENTATION DES ANIMAUX; ANALISIS DE COSTOS; ANALYSE DES COUTS; ANIMAL FEEDING; COST ANALYSIS; FEEDING; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_15017; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_1918; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_2838; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_429; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_4533; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_5330; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6195; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_6695; http://www.fao.org/aos/agrovoc#c_7644; MALAISIE; MALASIA; MALAYSIA; OIL PALMS; PALMAS OLEAGINOSAS; PALMIER OLEIFERE; PROCESAMIENTO; PROCESSING; RUMIANTE; RUMINANT; RUMINANTS; TECHNOLOGIE; TECHNOLOGY; TECNOLOGIA; TRAITEMENT; TRONC; TRONCO; TRUNKS

Two methods of processing oil palm trunk (OPT) were investigated, namely the conventional method and the potential method. In the conventional method, the palm trees were push-felled by an excavator, and sawn into 2 m billets, starting at 2 m from the base. The billets were processed by gangsaw, table resaw and flaked by a Pallman flaker. It was found that the cost of production of OPT flakes was 73.98 dollar/tonne or 0.25 dollar/kg dry matter (DM). In the potential method, the palm trees were push-felled and shredded by an excavator. The shredded OPT was chipped by a portable Junkkari chipper into a form suitable for ruminant feed. It was found that cost of production OPT chips was 59.04 dollar/tonne or 0.20 dollar/kg DM. The processing capacity was 1.0 tonne/hour for the conventional method and 1.17 tonnes/hour for the potential method.