Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia Conducts an Industrial Visit and Establishes Cooperation with PT GGP’s Liquid Organic Biofertilizer Division
Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia visited the Liquid Organic Biofertilizer factory on Friday, November 18, 2022. During the visit, the delegation learned about the fertilizer production process, the technologies used, and career prospects in electrical engineering.
The Electrical Engineering Student Innovation Team consisted of Yudha Arya Pranata, supervised by Mr. Achmad Jayadi, M.Cs. (Lecturer in the Informatics Research Program), and Mr. S. Samsugi, M.Kom. (Lecturer in the Computer Engineering Research Program).
“The Electrical Engineering team wanted to learn how cans and lids are manufactured, how tanks are made to store pineapple products, and how labels are applied to packaging for pineapples of various sizes—small, medium, and large—for export to different countries,” Yudha stated in his introductory remarks on Tuesday, November 22, 2022.
During the visit, the delegation observed the production process for can packaging, as well as the technologies used and career opportunities in the field of electrical engineering.
“LOB, or Liquid Organic Biofertilizer, is a company engaged in fertilizer manufacturing using microorganisms found in specific types of soil. These microorganisms are collected and cultivated in fermentation tanks,” he explained.
“The microorganisms are propagated by providing several essential ingredients, including sugar, fish meal, protein, and other nutrients that support bacterial growth,” he continued.
The process also involves homogenization using orbital shaker machines for small-scale operations and horizontal shaker machines for large-scale operations.
One student innovation implemented at PT GGP is a Liquid Fertilizer Volume Monitoring Device Using the MQTT Protocol in Fermentation Tanks. This innovation has been in use since September 2022 in two LOB GGF fermentation tanks.
“The drone research conducted in collaboration with PT GGP’s Research and Development (R&D) team is one form of community service carried out by lecturers and students from the Electrical Engineering team at Universitas Teknokrat Indonesia. Through this research, the UTI Electrical Engineering team had the opportunity to develop a man-machine sprayer drone. The drone is planned to spray fertilizer and pesticides over crops,” the representative concluded.
