STUDI UJI IMPAK PADA KOMPOSIT BERBAHAN CAMPURAN SERBUK KEONG SAWAH UNTUK FRAME DRONE

The rice snail (Pilla ampullacea) is an aquatic snail that is commonly found in the freshwater waters of Southeast Asia. The shell of the sawah snail has a dark green to blackish color and contains calcium carbonate (CaCO3), which has the potential to be used as a filler in the manufacture of composites. This study aims to identify the effect of the addition of rice snail shell powder on the mechanical properties of composites, as well as to compare their performance with conventional filler-based composites. In addition, this study also evaluates the production cost of the composite of rice snail shell powder for drone frames. In this study, researchers used the literature study method. The testing stages include making specimens, then conducting impact, tensile and bending tests on these specimens, as well as collecting and analyzing test data. The results showed that rice snail shell powder was not very significant in improving performance as a composite filler. Carbon fiber still shows superior performance, with average impact test results of 332,5 kJ/m2, tensile test of 742,8610 MPa and bending test of 187,8 MPa. Although the test data is relatively far in performance, the use of rice snail shell powder is still worthy of further research because of its abundant availability in nature, so it has economic value. In addition, the potential to reduce environmental pollution due to carbon waste and help farmers overcome pests in rice plants is also a reason.