A Study of Conveyor System with UV Light for Vegetable and Fruit Sterilization for Farmer

The common packing of vegetable or fruit is handled manually by farmers, include tomato, chili pepper, mustard greens, and many more. Vegetable or fruit products usually use water to remove dirt on theirs surface. There is no sterilization process for harvested products under the current pandemic situation and condition. Therefore, a tool that can perform vegetable or fruit sterilization using UV light waves is needed. This tool consists of UV light chamber, conveyor belt, and omron HMI. The UV light chamber is used to kill germs, bacteria, and viruses on vegetable or fruit surface especially during the current pandemic. The conveyor belt is used to facilitate the movement of vegetables and fruits. This tool can accommodate a certain number of vegetables or fruit. The omron HMI is used to display user interface which it’s available widgets to manage it, such as turn on or turn off the conveyor and turn on or off the UV light. This research aims to create a UV light-based sterilization prototype with conveyor system that can help the vegetable or fruit farmers. This tool can be used by farmers to maintain the quality of the harvested products before packaging and marketing to consumers.