Quality assurance

Quality assurance may be defined as ensuring that the customer receives a product that is suit­able for his use. Of course he also wants to pur­chase it at a reasonable price. Therefore commer­cial transactions are based on certain specifications and the concept of Good Merchantable Quality (GMQ). To complement the general standards of an industry, […]

The Significance of the Processing Industry

Obvious significance to Malaysia of the rapid expansion of planted areas is the potential labour requirement: In 1980, 82 776 plantation workers produced 2.576 x 106 tonnes/crude oil, in 1981 85 822 workers produced 2.824 x 106 tonnes crude oil. This is equivalent to 31.12 and 32.90 tonnes crude oil per man year respectively. With […]

Dynamics of Supply and Demand for Oils and Fats

In oils and fats we can discern two main tra­ditions developing in the Western world. The first was based on animal husbandry, producing butter, beef fat and lard. Climatic conditions in the northern half of Europe did not enable oilseed crops to be grown, with the exception of rapeseed. However, until the 19th century the […]

An introduction to the oil palm

About a dozen plant species account for more than 90% of _the world’s production of vegetable oils and fats. Most commercially traded vegetable oils and fats are obtained either from seeds ( e.g. com oil, groundnut oil, soya bean oil, palm kernel oil) or other parts of fruits ( e.g. olive oil, palm oil). Most […]

Oil palm in Malaysia:Chronology of events

Any plant species can qualify to become a plantation crop if it fulfills the following require­ments: (1) that it is a perennial species, and (2) that its existence as a perennial species is fully justified in terms of its economic advantages. Among all these plantation crops, oil palm fully justifies the occupation of land for […]

Steam accumulators for thermal storage

The main function of a steam accumulator system is to improve the efficiency of the steam raising plant of a factory or mill by providing a reserve of steam, automatically available, to meet fluctuations in demand for steam. Obviously, when the steam consumption of a factory or mill is fairly steady and there are no […]

A physiological analysis for oil palm trials

Kaedah yang mudah bagi menganalisis hasil pada kajian kelapa sawit dari segi penggunaan dan penukaran tenaga suria, dan dari sekatan pengasimilasian dihuraikan. Analisis ini dibuat pada kira-kira 30 kajian baja bagi beberapa jenis tanah di Malaysia.Perubahan penggembelingan berperingkat tenaga suria hanya sedikit saja mempengaruhi penghasilan jumlah jirim kering. la sebaliknya banyak dipengaruhi oleh kecekapan penukaran […]

The effect of different methods of placement and frequency of application of fertilizer to oil palm on an inland soil in Peninsular Malaysia

Kajian yang membandingkan penggunaan baja bagi pokok kelapa sawit di tempat-tempat yang berlainan di sekitar pokok dan pada kekerapan yang berbeza telah dilakukan pada tanah darat di Malaysia. Bila pokok berumur 7-9 tahun, dan baja hanya dibubuh sekali saja dalam setahun, hasil yang terbanyak boleh didapati bila baja N dibubuh di bulatan kemasan rumpai dan […]

Training in Sensory Evaluation

Beberapa wakil dan pihak industri yang berminat dengan analisis perisa menggunakan kaedah deria telah menjalani satu kursus latihan mengenai penilaian deria di PORIM. Antara kaedah yang ditunjukkan termsuklah Ujian Perbandingan Berpasangan, Ujian Segitiga, Ujian Mengenali Bau, Profil Perisa dan Analisis Penghuraian Kuantiti. Beberapa hasil yang didapati dibincangkan.