Rubber Tree Tapping Machine

Rubber tapping is the process by which the sap rubber is gathered.

Rubber tree tapping machine.

Rubber trees are tapped about once every two days yielding a cupful of latex containing approximately 50 grams 1 7 ounces of solid rubber each time. The proposed machine is fabricated and tested on the tree. Here a helical cut is made in the tree approximately four feet from the ground and circling about half the tree. The machine is capable to perform the tapping task automatically according to the programmed time.

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Every day workers scrapes away the caked latex and a thin layer of bark in the early morning. An incision is made in the bark of a rubber tree which cuts through the planting cycle to optimise the latex yield. Hevea brasiliensis rubber tree is considered to be the most predominant plantation crop in kerala which was found to be the major source of income for the 11 5 lakh planters within kerala. The machine will help to increase the life of the rubber tree by upto 15 years as the cut on the bark of the tree is perfect and adjusted exactly from 1 5 mm to 3 0 mm tapping depth with the help of inbuilt sensors.

So this paper discusses about a low semi automatic rubber tree tapping machine sart which can be used by an unskilled labor to perform tapping on the rubber tree by preserving the tree health.