A new harvesting pole (Hi-Reach), specifically designed for tall palms trees (&gt,12 m high),was developed and tested. It comprised three sections, namely, the basal, middle and top sections, which were joined through a telescopic method to make up a total length of 15 m. The pole was oval with cross-sectional diameters of the major and […]

Hybrid composite boards were manufactured from oil palm trunk (OPT), frond (OPF), empty fruit bunch (EFB) and polyethylene. Four different plastics content of 0%, 5%, 12% and 20% were used in this study. The boards were manufactured to target density of 850 kg m-3. Urea formaldehyde (UF) adhesive was used as a binder at resin […]