The Development of Semi-Automated Chicken Fried Machine with Oil Recirculation System

Abstract

The development of semi-automated chicken fried machine with oil recirculation system had the objectives as the following: 1) to develop a semi-automatic chicken frying machine with a circulating oil frying system, 2) to develop a quality control system for circulating frying oil by filtering out impurities, and 3) to increase the production capacity of the establishment's frying process. The machine is designed to work in two parts: a semi-automatic chicken fried machine that serves to pack the frying oil and control the frying oil temperature through the thermostat, a frying oil recirculation system with the oil filter. The frying oil quality control system circulates by filtering the impurities through an oil filter paper which can filter the impurities more finely. The tank capacity can hold many filtered contaminants. The amount of chicken frying in two pans can fry two kilograms of chicken at a time, average oil temperatures 135.22 ˚C, taking an average of 7.2 minutes per round or 0.556 kilogram/minute. Total oil consumption is 14 - 35 liters per pan for frying 40 - 100 kilograms of chicken per day. Experimental results show that the machine can fry four kilograms of chicken at a time, average oil temperatures 199.46 ˚C, taking an average of 2.21 minutes per round or 1.81 kilogram/minute. Frying with a fryer has a larger capacity 80 – 300 kilograms of chicken per day and total oil consumption is 23 - 45 liters per day. The developed semi-automated chicken fried machine can increase the production capacity of the chicken frying process of the establishment.