Estudio de métodos y tiempos en el área de secado mecánico de la cooperativa Coocentral Garzón-Huila.

Abstract

The following document presents the result of the study that was done on methods and times in the coffee drying process that is carried out in the Coocentral company of the Garzón Huila Municipality, from the beginning it is sought to determine which is the most suitable method for coffee drying process within the company Coocentral del Huila, for it is proposed the collection of data on times and methods of the process to be evaluated, during the study conducted inconsistencies were identified in the process, one of the problems is waste and pollution of water, therefore a new method is proposed in which this problem can be mitigated and in the same way it will achieve effectiveness and notable improvements in the current method. The first stage of the project covers the whole set of activities aimed at the initial evaluation of the organization in the mechanical drying plant, the initial observation describes in a general and detailed way the process to obtain high quality dry coffee, currently the transport method from coffee to vertical dryers and Guardiola presents disadvantages with respect to the raw material used, in addition it is incurring for the same reason in an unnecessary delay for the process that could affect the final quality of the product and this for the company generates unnecessary costs. The second phase presents the design of the new method and evaluation with the current one taking replicas for each of the methods generating flow diagrams for each of them taking into account the variables of drying time, water consumption, yield and quality. Finally, a comparison of these two methods is made to determine the most suitable one that meets the quality standards demanded by the cooperative of coffee farmers of Huila in the mechanical drying plant.