EXPERIMENT OF SUGAR CANE WASTE THROUGH CLAMP TECHNIQUE FOR RAW MATERIAL DEVELOMENT AND CRAFT DISVERSIVICATION

• Main Author: SUSYANTI - NIM: 27116011, SUSI
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/24433
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

From a few provinces in Indonesia having sugar cane plantations, one of them is located in West Java. Sugar cane plantations in West Java, based on statistical data of 2015, have an area of 478,108 ha. Majalengka and Indramayu have 11,921.56 ha from the area of sugar cane plantations in West Java. The harvest from the sugarcane plantation at Jatitujuh Sugar Factory is used as a raw material for sugar production. From 402,329 tons of ground milled sugarcane, it provides 375,695 tons of bagasse waste in one year. For all these years, the utilization of bagasse waste made by the Jatitujuh Sugar Factory is as fuel mushroom-growing medium. These efforts do not significantly reduce the amount of waste available, resulting in reducing factory’s waste land. Based on the initial observations on the characteristics of the waste material, it shows that bagasse can be utilized as a diversification raw material of craft. Due to the reason, material experiment was performed using clamp techniques and diversified the clamp results using surface technique to apply ornaments. The experiment results in a form of 30x30 cm sheet with a thickness of 1.5 cm, supple firmness of 14.71 kgf / cm 2, and lightweight. The material can be applied to interior products in the form of tiles, measuring 10x10 cm, which can be given additional ornaments on it through surface material technique.