A Design of Motor Control System for the Collection of Manure Drops in Poultry Farm

Poultry farming employed a variety of methods, allowing farmers to produce high-quality livestock that met economic demands. One such method was the use of a coveyor system for efficient collection of manure drops, reducing the cleaning time for workers and allowing them to focus on other tasks. A farm raised broiler chickens in Conception Palasan, Sariaya, Quezon PRovince, and used manual handling methods to collect the manure drop. This farm had produced tons of manure every 27 days, the period it took to raise the chickens, which were supplied by the Quezon Poultry and Livestock Corporation. Fourteen workers had gradually manually cleaned the eight broiler houses, a process that took two weeks to complete. Although the farmers had followed procedures to ensure the safety of the chicks until they grew into fully mature 27-day-old chickens, researchers had conducted a study and created a solution that could provide an innovative approach to the farmers and farm owner. A design of motor control systems using a conveyor system had been provided as an efficient approach to meet the researchers’ objectives by reducing the collection time of the workers from two weeks to eight hours. The researchers employed both automatic modes, set to initiate after 27 days, and manual modes, which could initiate based on the farm's urgency or other factors. The results of the testing showed significant results that could be used for the implementation of the study on the poultry farm and for industrial use.