Debaling Agricultural Materials

Project Description

Debaling Agricultural Materials for Bio-Based Products — With the rise of agriculture-based feedstocks for biofuels and bio-based products, there is a need for debaling agricultural-based materials. The problem then becomes how can we effectively and efficiently turn compressed agricultural materials into a loose, consistent density flow while still maintaining maximum particle length? Our goal is to design and build a prototype that fulfills these requirements. The final design will require minimal maintenance and little input from an operator.

Team: UI-Debalers

Members

Sean Leonard, Mechanical Engr.
Loren Jenkins, Mechanical Engr.
Yaser Alghreeb, Mechanical Engr.
Steven Mortensen, Biological Engr.

Sponsor

Forest Concepts

Faculty Advisor

Daniel Cordon, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering