While most people mope and whine about the hike in fuel prices, lecturer Fauzi Zakaria, 37, was inspired to innovate an engine component cleaner which uses sand instead of diesel.
Together with his Pusat Giat Mara Bachok colleague Alias Endut, 56, and students Mohd Ayub Jaafar, 20, Mohd Syuwari Mohd Salleh, 19, and Mohd Khaidir Mohd Asri, 19, their innovation won the best overall award at the sixth Mara Invention and Innovation competition held recently at Insitut Kemahiran Mara, Johor Baru.
“Conventionally, when an automotive engine is sent for an overhaul, the parts are scrubbed with sandpaper and then soaked in diesel or kerosene.
“But petroleum-based products are becoming increasingly expensive, so I decided to experiment with sand as it is free and can be found in abundance,” said Fauzi.
NOVEL: (From left) Alias Endut, Mohd Khaidir Mohd Asri, Mohd Ayub Jaafar, Mohd Syuwari Mohd Salleh and Fauzi Zakaria posing with their winning entry.
His contraption pumps sand at high pressure into the engine parts, thus removing every bit of carbon residue on the cylinder head.
“And there are no scratches - when the sand hits the carbon residue, they break into pieces and become dust.”
Fauzi and his team, who had been working on the device since last year, said he was confident of winning the contest.
“My device can clean better and faster than the conventional one - we’ll market it once the patent is ready,” he said, adding that he planned to sell them at about RM1,800 each.
The contest, which saw 205 projects on display from various Mara institutions, was first organised in 1993 with only 47 projects.
Together with his Pusat Giat Mara Bachok colleague Alias Endut, 56, and students Mohd Ayub Jaafar, 20, Mohd Syuwari Mohd Salleh, 19, and Mohd Khaidir Mohd Asri, 19, their innovation won the best overall award at the sixth Mara Invention and Innovation competition held recently at Insitut Kemahiran Mara, Johor Baru.“Conventionally, when an automotive engine is sent for an overhaul, the parts are scrubbed with sandpaper and then soaked in diesel or kerosene.
“But petroleum-based products are becoming increasingly expensive, so I decided to experiment with sand as it is free and can be found in abundance,” said Fauzi.
NOVEL: (From left) Alias Endut, Mohd Khaidir Mohd Asri, Mohd Ayub Jaafar, Mohd Syuwari Mohd Salleh and Fauzi Zakaria posing with their winning entry.
His contraption pumps sand at high pressure into the engine parts, thus removing every bit of carbon residue on the cylinder head.
“And there are no scratches - when the sand hits the carbon residue, they break into pieces and become dust.”
Fauzi and his team, who had been working on the device since last year, said he was confident of winning the contest.
“My device can clean better and faster than the conventional one - we’ll market it once the patent is ready,” he said, adding that he planned to sell them at about RM1,800 each.
The contest, which saw 205 projects on display from various Mara institutions, was first organised in 1993 with only 47 projects.
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