FACULTY OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

COMPUTER AIDED DESIGN (MEC 435)

PROJECT REPORT

JUICE EXTRACTOR

Prepared For: Dr. Freddawati Binti Rashiddy Wong

Prepared By:

La'ibah Binti Mohd Kamal (2017687222)

Noratika Shahira Binti Abdul Roni (2016806216)
Nur Syarafana Binti Mohd Rosman (2017687234)
Nurul Ain Binti Mohd Rizal (2017687232)
Nurul Izzatie Binti Abd Malek (2017806226)

Group : EMD4M11
Program Code : EM220
Date of Submission : 11th June 201
 TABLE OF CONTENT

TABLE OF CONTENT......................................................................................................................................i
LIST OF FIGURES..........................................................................................................................................ii
LIST OF TABLES............................................................................................................................................ii
LIST OF DIAGRAMS......................................................................................................................................ii
ACKNOWLEDGMENT...................................................................................................................................iii
1.0 INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................1
1.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRODUCT...................................................................................1
1.1.1 CENTRIFUGAL JUICER.......................................................................................................2
1.1.2 MASTICATING JUICER.......................................................................................................2
1.1.3 TRITURATING JUICER.......................................................................................................3
1.2 MARKET REVIEWS................................................................................................................3
1.3 REASON OF CHOOSING THE PRODUCT............................................................................6
2.0 CONCEPT GENERATION...........................................................................................................7
2.1 CONCEPT TREE.....................................................................................................................8
2.2 FUNCTION DIAGRAM...........................................................................................................9
2.3 ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES...................................................................................................9
2.4 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS................................................................................................10
2.5 PRODUCT DETAILS.............................................................................................................11
2.6 IMPROVEMENT..................................................................................................................12
3.0 CONCEPT SELECTION.............................................................................................................12
3.1 PUGH METHOD..................................................................................................................12
4.0 DETAILED DESIGN..................................................................................................................14
4.1 PARTS DRAWING................................................................................................................14
4.2 ASSEMBLY DRAWING.........................................................................................................15
4.3 EXPLODED DRAWING.........................................................................................................16
5.0 DISCUSSION...........................................................................................................................17
6.0 CONCLUSION.........................................................................................................................18
REFERENCES…….........................................................................................................................................19
APPENDICES..............................................................................................................................................20

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 LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1: Review 1.......................................................................................................................................3

Figure 2: Review 3.......................................................................................................................................4
Figure 3: Review 2.......................................................................................................................................4
Figure 4: Review 4.......................................................................................................................................4
Figure 5: Review 5.......................................................................................................................................4
Figure 6: Review 6.......................................................................................................................................5
Figure 7: Robot Coupe J 80 ULTRA...............................................................................................................6
Figure 8: VEVOR Juice Extractor 2000E-2XCZJ000001.................................................................................6
Figure 9: Pensonic PJ-57..............................................................................................................................6
Figure 10: Product parts detail..................................................................................................................11

LIST OF TABLESY
Table 1: comparison of the products...........................................................................................................6
Table 2: Specification of the product.........................................................................................................10
Table 4: Pugh chart....................................................................................................................................13

LIST OF DIAGRAMS
YDiagram 1: Concept tree
Diagram 2: Function diagram......................................................................................................................9

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 ACKNOWLEDGMENT

We would like to express our deepest appreciation to all those who provided and helped
us to complete this report.  A special gratitude we give to our MEC 435 lecturer, Freddawati
Binti Rashiddy Wong, whose contribution in stimulating suggestions and encouragement, helped
us especially in completing this project.

Furthermore, we would also like to acknowledge with much appreciation to our classmates from
EMD4M11 who helped us so much in this course. We are thankful for their guidance,
constructive criticism and friendly advice during the project work. We appreciate their help for
sharing their views on the issues related to the project.

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

It’s well-known that increasing your intake of fruits and vegetables is good for you. A
review of studies in an article written by Montalto (2015) has shown that eating five or more
servings of fruits and vegetables a day can decrease the risk of stroke by 26%, as well as
reduce the risk of dying from cardiovascular disease. Montalto also stated that there was
another study done suggests that the antioxidants in fruit and vegetable juices may play an
important role in delaying the onset of Alzheimer’s disease.

The more fruits and vegetables you take, the greater the benefits. But it can be difficult for
some people to consume the recommended five or more servings in one day. This is because
they do not enjoy eating fresh fruits and vegetables. Juicing or blending fruits and vegetables into
smoothies may be a fun and easy way to get your daily servings in. Smoothies are a fairly low-
effort method to include more raw vegetables and fruits into your diet. Moreover, the making of
smoothies can also include other beneficial foods, such as protein and healthy fat. That way, they
can replace a meal if you like.

Juicing, or juice extracting, is a process where the liquid part of the fruit or vegetable is
separated from the pulp, or fiber. While blending, the whole fruit or vegetable is used: what you
put in the blender is what you consume. Either way, they will definitely ease the user and shorten
the time taken to produce a healthy smoothie. Now, no excuses can be made as you are one step
towards a healthy lifestyle!

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 1.1 CHARACTERISTICS OF THE PRODUCT

Juicing fruits and vegetables for health has been going on for so long, but nowadays the
influence of advertisement on various platform has bring the trend into the mainstream. Majority
of people start juicing as part of a diet plan, for decontaminating the digestive system or to
recharge nutrients after an illness. However, the main benefit of juicing is that it’s one of simple
way to start consuming healthier foods you may not have ate otherwise.

With so many different juicing products on the market, it’s easier than ever to take advantage of
these health benefits. If you are serious about juicing, understanding on how juicers work is one
of the keys to selecting a good juicer. When you have an understanding of how these juicers
work, you can save money by not having to buy the juicer that does not suit your needs. While
some people might recommend you to use a blender instead of a juicer, you will find it very
difficult for you to separate the pulp from the liquid and it can be a messy process with a blender.

In simple terms, juicing refers to the process of extracting juice from fruits and vegetables. The
modern juicing trend usually refers to centrifugal, masticating and triturating juicers.

1.1.1 CENTRIFUGAL JUICER

In this type of juicer, the spinning motion is very much like a washing machine which
helps to separate the juice from the pulp. There is a shredder plate available at the bottom,
which assists in shredding the produce and it can immediately spin the shredded pulp into
the basket. The produce moves from one side to another and the porous nature of the
basket extracts the juice out using centrifugal force. One thing to keep in mind is this
juicer does not hold a lot of pulp. The basket will also fill up relatively fast and can clog
up. Therefore, you need to empty the basket before you prepare the next batch.

1.1.2 MASTICATING JUICER

The masticating juicer is also known as the slow juicer. It is usually used to generate
cold-pressed juice. It is well known for its slow rotating auger, which can help to crush

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 fruits or vegetables. Usually, this process is aided by a stainless steel mesh screen. Once a
produce is inserted, the auger then crushes it and juice flows directly into a bowl or cup at
the bottom.

1.1.3 TRITURATING JUICER

This juicer uses two gears that interlock and shred together to squeeze out the juice out of
the produce. It takes a little bit of manual work to push the produce down the chute.
However, the usage of this juicer is best with leafy vegetables because the twin gears
design makes it ideal for the maximum extraction of the vegetable juice. This type of
juicer does not work well with wheatgrass because they are pretty dry. The friction will
create a lot of foam but a solution to do this could be the usage of flax oil for gear
lubrication.

1.2 MARKET REVIEWS

Figure 1: Review 1

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Figure 3: Review 2 Figure 2: Review 3

Figure 4: Review 4

Figure 5: Review 5

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 Figure 6: Review 6

By reading all of the reviews and complaints, we list out all of the customers need. The
customers need are:

 Low noise operation

 Convenient to use
 Easy to assemble
 Light and easy to carry
 Worth the money
 Easy to clean
 High performance

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 1.3 REASON OF CHOOSING THE PRODUCT

Model

Figure 7: Robot Coupe J 80 Figure 8: VEVOR Juice Extractor Figure 9: Pensonic PJ-57
ULTRA 2000E-2XCZJ000001 (our chosen product)
(our proposed product)

Dimension 9.75 x 16.5 x 9.25 in 13.5 x 9 x 15 in 12 x 16 x 19 in

Material Stainless Steel Stainless Steel Plastic
Power (W) - 370W 300W
Rated
120V 110V 220-240V
Voltage (V)
Speed 3000 rpm 2800 rpm 3000 rpm
Weight 7.26 kg 12.97 kg 3.5 kg

 Stainless Steel  Quiet and continuous

Motor Base juice production
 Includes Pulp  Compact size, perfect  Stainless Steel
Ejection Feature for home or store use filter
with large capacity  Aluminum casting &  Safety switched
pulp collector stainless steel
 Security clamp
 The basket can be constructed
Features  Pusher for better
removed for easy  Immediate pulp
juice extraction
cleaning ejection for non-stop
 Anti-slip rubber
 High power, low juicing
feet
noise  Heavy-duty
 No heating of construction for
ingredient professional use

Table 1: comparison of the products

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From our previous proposal, we proposed the Robot Coupe J80 ULTRA model as the best
model. However, after we took some aspects into consideration, we decided to choose the third
model which is Pensonic PJ-57 as our product. Based on Table 1, we made comparison between
three products by taking their power, rated voltage, weight and their features into consideration.
From the market review the customers will definitely choose this product instead of the other
products. The reasons are:

i. Worth money spends

This product is the most definitely worth spending money because the price is
affordable align with the features of this product. As the number of features suit the
performance of the product, so low cost of maintenance needs to spend on each part of
the product.

ii. Lightweight
Weighting in at less than 5 kilogram, this product has the most lightweight design.

iii. Features
The model features stainless has a steel filter to extract the juice and a pusher for better
juice extraction. It also has an anti-slip rubber feet to reduce the vibration effect during
the juice extracting process.

2.0 CONCEPT GENERATION

As the name implies, juice extractor is used to extract juice from different kinds of vegetable and
fruits. It is a convenient and nutritive product that can be utilized along with the massive
awareness of clean and healthy eating. Our mission is to improve the design of the juice extractor
into a more agronomic design to the user that provide less work and energy to move the juice
extractor easily.

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2.1 CONCEPT TREE

Separate the fruit from the pulp and discard the fibre

Manage to filter the juice from unwanted pulp

Juice Produce large amount of juice

Extractor
Juice produced is easy-digestible

Produce noises

Blends all ingredients together

Blender
Juices comes with the pulp

No waste made

Juice produced is hard to digest

Extract fruit
juice
Portable; easy to be carried anywhere

Mini Portable Juicer Juice comes with the pulp

Save time 

Separate juice from the fruit

Manual Hand Press Juicer Pulp is discarded from the juice

Silent operation

Needs more effort of manpower

Takes longer time to make a little juice

 

Diagram 1: Concept tree

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2.2 FUNCTION DIAGRAM

INPUT OUTPUT

Electrical energy JUICE Kinetic energy

EXTRACTOR
Fruit Juice
Pulp

Diagram 2: Function diagram

2.3 ENGINEERING PRINCIPLES

i. Principle of Centrifugation:
The working principle of our product ‘Pensonic PJ-57’ is, it relies on a high-speed
centrifugal juicer which chop the fruits or vegetables with cutting blade (grater). It
simultaneously spins at a very high speed to separate the juice and the pulp. Among the
three juicer types mentioned earlier, centrifugal juicers are the best because it has large feed
hopper, allowing user to put in bigger vegetables and fruits. Thus, it helps in reducing the
prepping time. At very high speed, this juice extractor does the job extremely fast as it only
took not more than 1 minute to obtain a glass of fresh juice.

ii. Newton’s First Law:

Newton's First Law indicates that an object will remain at rest or in uniform motion in a
straight line unless acted upon by an external force. We can relate this principle as a
statement about inertia, which an object will remain in their state of motion unless a force
acts to change the motion. On this juice extractor, Newton’s First Law is applied at the
rotational motion of the blade. It states that a body will remains in motion at a constant
velocity unless acted upon by a net external force. As an example, once the user switches off

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 this juice extractor, the blade did not stop that instance. Instead, it takes up to 2 minutes to
completely stop.
iii. Pascal’s principle:
According to Pascal’s principle, pressure transmitted is undiminished throughout the fluid
and the walls of container. This principle is applied to the situation where the user inserts the
vegetables or fruits in to the feed hopper, the pressure at the feed hopper is equal to the
pressure at the spout.

2.4 PRODUCT SPECIFICATIONS

Brand Pensonic
Model name PJ-57
Weight 3.5 kg
Amps 4.5 Amps
Hertz 50 Hertz
Phase 1
Voltage 220-240 V
Power 300 Watts
Features Pulp Ejection
Horsepower 1 1/4 HP
Installation Type Countertop
Power Type Electric
RPM 3,000
Style Manual Feed
Type Centrifugal Juicers
1-year parts and
Manufacturer guarantee
labour warranty

Table 2: Specification of the product

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2.5 PRODUCT DETAILS

Figure 10: Product parts detail

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Number Part Function
1 Upper part body  To hold the cutting tools of the machine
2 Nozzle  To flow the juice out from the machine
3 Gripper (right side)  To join upper body part and lower body part
4 Gripper (left side)
5 Bottom part  To provide stability for the product
6 Rubber foot
7 Tray  To place user’s cup or container
8 Handle (back)  To hold the machine
9 Handle (front)
10 Detachable nozzle  To prevent the water from spread out user’s cup
or container
11 Lower body part  To provide the body of the juicer. This
conceals the motor to make it safer to use the
appliance.
12 Switch  Turns juicer on and off.
13 Plug  To let the flow of electric current into the
14 Inner plug machine
15 Pusher  To push the fruit down.
16 Cover  This is where to drop fruits for juicing.
 Removable ABS plastic lid which is shock
resistant and dishwasher safe.
17 Rubber disk  To give support to the motor components
18 Disk
19 Main motor  The machine which makes the other juicer
20 Rod parts move to perform their functions. It is
21 Motor part 1 powered by electricity to create mechanical
22 Motor part 2 movements.
23 Motor lower part
24 Motor part 3
25 Rotator connector  To move the cutter
26 Rotator
27 Cooling fan  To prevent the machine from overheating
28 Screw  To join the components or parts
29 Stopper
30 Filter base  This is where the food is being crushed,
31 Sieve squeezed and juiced
32 Cutter  -To separate the pulp and other unwanted
particles such as fruit peel from the juice.
Table 3: Function for each part.

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 2.6 PROBLEM STATEMENT

As we were discussing and analyzing this product, we came across to a problem that this
product was not provided with handle. Our chosen product ‘Pensonic PJ-57’ with the weight
of 3.50kg, is not a handy type of machine which is hard to be moved from one place to
another place. Therefore, we proposed some solutions which are adding a side holder (refer to
Appendix 1), upper holder (refer to Appendix 2), and a holder with wheels (refer to Appendix
3). Handle will be the place where customer can put their hands on while and lifting the
product. By providing handle, customer can carry the product much easier without having to
put more effort on carrying it. Meanwhile by adding the wheels, it will lessen the customer’s
effort to move the product around. Hence, to solve this problem few modifications were
suggested to increase the efficiency and reliability of the product.

3.0 CONCEPT SELECTION

We took an approach of an early design concept; this approach provides direction for everyone
on the project team and gave the big picture idea for the project. This make all future decisions
easier. Our objective is to develop the cheapest possible juice extractor with many features as
possible. The develop product need to be affordable to every household, and not too expensive

3.1 PUGH METHOD

Four different conceptual designs were developed with a set of criteria. Design #1 is the
datum, the original juice extractor before improvements (Pensonic PJ-57). #2, #3 and #4 are
the proposed design concept, the product we develop. Design #2 is the juice extractor with the
side handle. Design #3 the juice extractor with upper handle and Design #4 is juice extractor
with wheels. The weights are within the range of 1 to 4. Which 4 is the most important, while
1 is the least taken into consideration. The engineering characteristics are the criteria which
need to be taken into consideration.

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 The scores are determined as below:

 S = same

 + = higher

 – = lower

Total score is summing the number of the scores given on each engineering characteristics. The
score given is solely based on our objectives.

Juice Juice Juice

Original
extractor extractor extractor
juice
with side with upper holder with
Engineering characteristics weights extractor
holder holder wheels
1 Low purchase cost 4 D + + +
2 Low manufacturing cost 3 + + -
Material environment A
3 1 S S -
impact T
4 Manufacturing complexity 2 S S +
5 Ease of use by customer 4 U + + +
6 Human factor consideration 3 M + S +
8 Safety 3 + - -
TOTAL + 0 5 3 4
TOTAL - 0 0 1 3
OVERALL SCORE 0 5 2 1
WEIGHTED TOTAL + 0 17 11 13
WEIGHTED TOTAL - 0 0 3 7
WEIGHTED OVERALL SCORE 0 17 8 6
Table 4: Pugh chart

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4.0 DETAILED DESIGN

4.1 PARTS DRAWING

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4.2 ASSEMBLY DRAWING

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4.3 EXPLODED DRAWING

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5.0 DISCUSSION

As the requirement for the course Computer Aided Design (MEC435), we were assigned to
conduct a mini design project. In order to fulfil this requirement in our coursework, we have
chosen a juice extractor as our product in this project. However, before we came to the
finalisation, we first shortlisted some products based on our desired criteria. In our project, we
decided to take food process as our main concept. The main idea for this concept is the
efficiency of the product in processing food for the customer. Some of the related products
have been discussed with mutual respect on the same concept such as juice extractor, blender,
coffee grinder and baby food mixer. All of them depends on the same concept which is food
process. Then, comparison between the products had been made in order to choose the best
product among them all. During the finalisation, we decided to choose juice extractor as the
best product to be chosen in our project. After choosing juice extractor, we listed down some
possible problem statements that may occur to the customer that lead to the production of this
product. We gather information and researches were made about the product. Basic information
such as its function, features and parts are the main component in our product.

Although from the market feedbacks that we found, most of the customers reviewed that this
product is helpful and conventional to be used but there are also some critical reviews from the
customers. Based on these customers’ critical reviews, we identified the limitations of this
product and discussed on how to improve the product for a better use. Some improvements and
modifications have been decided on this product. Firstly, we decided to put handle or wheels on
the product to ease the customer to move the product from one place to another. Since the
product have a high weight, it might be burdened to the customer to carry or move it around.
We also thought of providing speed control variation into the product because in the available
product, there is no speed control button which can help customer to control the speed of the
blade. By putting such option into the product, customer can control the product speed
corresponding to their likely and thus they can control the power consumption. Unfortunately,
we are unable to provide the speed control feature due to the complexity of the feature.

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We decided to use Pugh Method as our as concept selection. Based on Table 4 of Pugh concept,
juice extractor with side holders reached the highest weighted overall score compared to the
other two modifications thus we modified the product according to this suggestion.

6.0 CONCLUSION

At the end of this report, it can be concluded that Pensonic J-57 had been chosen as our product
in the requirement of MEC435 project. The main concept that we are looking to in this project is
food processing. Some problem statements had been discussed so that solutions can be obtained.
In order to get exposed insights to the product, we used the medium of internet to do researches
on the specifications of the product. Important aspect such as features, functions and parts have
been described in our report to give extra understanding about the chosen product. Other than
that, we were also intended to make some improvements and modifications into the available
product based on the customers’ critical reviews. The modifications made are to meet the
customers’ needs.

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APPENDICES

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