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PROJECT REPORT ON
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that the B.Tech project entitled Hydraulic Cutting Machine has been
completed by the students of final year of Mechanical Engineering ,DIT School Of
Engineering in satisfactory manner for partial fulfillment of the requirement for the award
of the degree of Bachelor Of Technology in Mechanical Engineering during the academic
year 2015-16 under the supervision of Mr. Subodh Barthwal, department of Mechanical
Engineering, DIT School Of Engineering.
ACKNOWLEDEMENT
Words cannot express our profound gratitude to all those who have supported and
guided us in making our dream a reality.
We specially thank our Guide and Head of the Department of Mechanical Engineering
Mr. Subodh Barthwal who had been so kind as to extend their whole hearted
support and precious guidance which inspired us to take up this challenge and to
complete the project successfully.
We are also thankful to all our departments and friends who have sincerely shares
their valuable knowledge with us.
PREFACE
In this particular project we have used a robotic arm, which is hydraulically operated and
controlled by syringes filled with some fluid. At the end of this robotic arm a motor is
fitted on which we can mount cutting blade to perform the cutting action at the desired
location .In this motor, in future we can also use some other kind of tools for various
mechanical operations. It consists of various parts connected to each other in a predesigned manner which are guided in a constrained way to obtain required output. Fluid
power has been used to move the arm in different directions to make it reach at desired
location. Along with hydraulic power we have also used a DC battery to supply power to
all the four motors used in this project.
PROJECT TEAM
JAINESH KUMAR(1229140039)
KESHAV CHAUHAN(1229140043)
ARUN KUMAR(1229140018)
ASHWANI KUMAR(1229140023)
B.Tech
Mechanical Branch Final Year
Batch- 2012-2016
LIST OF COMPONANTS
Figure No.
Description
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Wooden Ramp
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DC gear motor
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Power Supply
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DC Gear Motor
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Diode
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Syringes
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Battery
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Rotor
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Fluid Lines
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CONTENTS
CERTIFICATE
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
PREFACE
PROJECT TEAM
LIST OF COMPONENTS
1. INTRODUCTION
3. FABRICATION DETAILS
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3.4 DIODE
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3.5 RECTIFIER
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4. WORKING PRICIPLE
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6. OPERATION
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8.APPLICATIONS
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9.ADVANTAGES
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10.PRECAUTIONS
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11.LIMITATIONS
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12. CONCLUSION
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REFERENCES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
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1- INTRODUCTION
power is
a term
which was
created
to include
the generation,
suitably
mechanisms. This force and motion maybe in the form of pushing, pulling , rotating,
regulating,
or driving. Fluid
Liquids and gases are similar in many respects. The differences are
involves liquids.
pointed
out
in
the appropriate areas of this manual. This manual presents many of the fundamental
concepts in the fields of hydraulics and pneumatics. It is intended as a basic
reference for all personnel of the Navy whose duties and responsibilities require them to
have a knowledge of the fundamentals of fluid power. Consequently, emphasis is placed
primarily on the theory of operation of typical fluid power systems and components that
have applications in naval equipment. Many applications of fluid power are presented in
this manual to illustrate the functions and operation of different systems and components.
However , these are only representative of the many applications of fluid power in naval
equipment.
Individual training manuals for each rate provide information concerning the application
of fluid power to specific equipment for which the rating is responsible
robot's muscles come in the form of actuators that convert hydraulic, electrical or
pneumatic energy into power for each joint. Next there is an electronic nervous system of
wires and sensors that carries commands to the muscles of the robotic cutting machine
and then back to an external computer.
The main difference between the cutting machine of the robot and that of a human is
found at the cutting machine's extremity. Rather than having a flexible, multi-fingered
hand, typical robot cutting machines end in special-purpose devices called end-effectors,
which are installed directly into the wrist. To reduce the number of calculations, needed
to determine the robot's exact position, the base is generally kept stationary. In a few
applications, however, like the robots in spot welding, robots are programmed to follow
an assembly line. The motions of the robots can be programmed by means of direct
teaching where the cutting machine is manually guided through its desired motion and the
robot's computer remembers these specific motions, sort of like a watch and learn
method. Robots can also be taught by means of programming by a computer specialist.
Finally there is always the option of creating a learning computer that will gather data as
it makes mistakes and on the following attempt, it won't make the same mistake again.
However, this method isn't suited for all instances. For example, having a surgical robot
that is about to operate on you and is still in the process of learning where to make the
incision won't give you the feeling of security. Nevertheless, this still can be used for
robots in the real world, life is completely unpredictable.
Usually Pascal's rule is applied to confined space (static flow), but due to the
continuous flow process, Pascal's principle can be applied to the lift oil
mechanism (which can be represented as a U tube with pistons on either end).
However, the lift height will be in microns because energy will be drained and
pressure will be diminished after each impact with the lifting material, but force
exerted will be equal.
High horsepower-to-weight ratio You could probably hold a 5-hp hydraulic motor in the
palm of your hand, but a 5-hp electric motor might weight 40 lb or more.
Safety in hazardous environments because they are inherently spark-free and can tolerate
high temperatures.
Force or torque can be held constant this is unique to fluid power transmission
High torque at low speed unlike electric motors, pneumatic and hydraulic motors can
produce high torque while operating at low rotational speeds. Some fluid power motors can
even maintain torque at zero speed without overheating
Pressurized fluids can be transmitted over long distances and through complex machine
configurations with only a small loss in power
Multi-functional control a single hydraulic pump or air compressor can provide power to
many cylinders, motors, or other actuators
Elimination of complicated mechanical trains of gears, chains, belts, cams, and linkages
3. FABRICATION DETAILS
Here's a mechanical cutting machine our team built as final year project using hydraulic
power and DC power. It uses syringes and rubber tubing to act as a hydraulic system. For
the most part syringes work nicely, but filling them up so there's no trapped air is a pain.
Since water is practically incompressible, the syringe plungers should move equally
because both syringes are the same diameter.
12 * 18 INCHES
Platform
500mm * 600mm
Thickness of board :
20 m
Fig.3 Battery
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3.3 DC MOTOR
In this project we have used four DC motors,two on the wheels ,one on the arm for
rotation of the cutter and the last one has been used to rotate he rotatry platform 360
degree around.
A DC motor is a mechanically commutated electric motor powered from direct
current (DC). The stator is stationary in space by definition and therefore its current. The
current in the rotor is switched by the commutator to also be stationary in space. This is
how the relative angle between the stator and rotor magnetic flux is maintained near 90
degrees, which generates the maximum torque.
Fig 4 DC Motor
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Like all electric motors or generators, torque is produced by the principle of Lorentz
force, which states that any current-carrying conductor placed within an external
magnetic field experiences a torque or force known as Lorentz force. Advantages of a
brushed DC motor include low initial cost, high reliability, and simple control of motor
speed. Disadvantages are high maintenance and low life-span for high intensity uses.
Maintenance involves regularly replacing the brushes and springs which carry the electric
current, as well as cleaning or replacing the commutator. These components are necessary
for transferring electrical power from outside the motor to the spinning wire windings of
the rotor inside the motor. Brushes are made of conductors.
The introduction of DC motors to run machinery eliminated the need for local steam or
internal combustion engines, and line shaft drive systems. DC motors can operate directly
from rechargeable batteries, providing the motive power for the first electric vehicles.
Today DC motors are still found in applications as small as toys and disk drives, or in
large sizes to operate steel rolling mills and paper machines.
Brush
A brushed DC electric motor generating torque from DC power supply by using internal
mechanical commutation, space stationary permanent magnets form the stator field.
Torque is produced by the principle of Lorentz force, which states that any currentcarrying conductor placed within an external magnetic field experiences a force known as
Lorentz force. The actual (Lorentz) force and also ( torque since torque is F x l where l is
rotor radius) is a function for rotor angle and so the green arrow/vector actually changes
length/magnitude with angle known as torque ripple) Since this is a single phase two pole
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motor the commutator consists of a split ring, so that the current reverses each half turn
( 180 degrees).
The brushed DC electric motor generates torque directly from DC power supplied to the
motor by using internal commutation, stationary magnets (permanent or electromagnets),
and rotating electrical magnets.
Like all electric motors or generators, torque is produced by the principle of Lorentz
force, which states that any current-carrying conductor placed within an external
magnetic field experiences a torque or force known as Lorentz force. Advantages of a
brushed DC motor include low initial cost, high reliability, and simple control of motor
speed. Disadvantages are high maintenance and low life-span for high intensity uses.
Maintenance involves regularly replacing the brushes and springs which carry the electric
current, as well as cleaning or replacing the commutator. These components are necessary
for transferring electrical power from outside the motor to the spinning wire windings of
the rotor inside the motor.Brushes are made of conductors.
Brushless
Main articles: Brushless DC electric motor and Switched reluctance motor
Typical brushless DC motors use a rotating permanent magnet in the rotor, and stationary
electrical current/coil magnets on the motor housing for the rotor, but the symmetrical
opposite is also possible. A motor controller converts DC to AC. This design is simpler
than that of brushed motors because it eliminates the complication of transferring power
from outside the motor to the spinning rotor. Advantages of brushless motors include long
life span, little or no maintenance, and high efficiency. Disadvantages include high initial
cost, and more complicated motor speed controllers. Some such brushless motors are
sometimes referred to as "synchronous motors" although they have no external power
supply to be synchronized with, as would be the case with normal AC synchronous
motors.
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Uncommutated
Other types of DC motors require no commutation.
Homopolar motor A homopolar motor has a magnetic field along the axis of
rotation and an electric current that at some point is not parallel to the magnetic field. The
name homopolar refers to the absence of polarity change.
Homopolar motors necessarily have a single-turn coil, which limits them to very low
voltages. This has restricted the practical application of this type of motor.
Ball bearing motor A ball bearing motor is an unusual electric motor that consists
of two ball bearing-type bearings, with the inner races mounted on a common conductive
shaft, and the outer races connected to a high current, low voltage power supply. An
alternative construction fits the outer races inside a metal tube, while the inner races are
mounted on a shaft with a non-conductive section (e.g. two sleeves on an insulating rod).
This method has the advantage that the tube will act as a flywheel. The direction of
rotation is determined by the initial spin which is usually required to get it going.
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3.4 DIODE
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Fig 5 Diodes
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3.5 RECTIFIER
A rectifier is an electrical device that converts alternating current (AC), which
periodically reverses direction, to direct current (DC), current that flows in only one
direction, a process known as rectification. Rectifiers have many uses including as
components of power supplies and as detectors of radio signals. Rectifiers may be made
of solid state diodes, vacuum tube diodes, mercury arc valves, and other components. The
output from the transformer is fed to the rectifier. It converts A.C. into pulsating D.C. The
rectifier may be a half wave or a full wave rectifier. In this project, a bridge rectifier is
used because of its merits like good stability and full wave rectification. In positive half
cycle only two diodes( 1 set of parallel diodes) will conduct, in negative half cycle
remaining two diodes will conduct and they will conduct only in forward bias only.
4.4 FILTER
Capacitive filter is used in this project. It removes the ripples from the output of
rectifier and smoothens the D.C. Output
mains voltage and load is maintained constant. However, if either of the two is varied,
D.C. voltage received at this point changes. Therefore a regulator is applied at the output
stage.
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The simple capacitor filter is the most basic type of power supply filter. The use
of this filter is very limited. It is sometimes used on extremely high-voltage, low-current
power supplies for cathode-ray and similar electron tubes that require very little load
current from the supply. This filter is also used in circuits where the power-supply ripple
frequency is not critical and can be relatively high. Below figure can show how the
capacitor changes
and discharges.
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We have used syringes in place of cylinders and piston for pushing and transmitting the
fluid power from one place to another syringe through various pipe lines. Because it is
just a simple model so the syringes used for cylinders are good for the demonstration
purpose and transmitting the required fluid force. The length of the pipes should be long
enough with some allowances ,so that the movement of different arms could be done
easily.
Fig 6
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4.WORKING PRINCIPLE
Pascal's law is the basic principle behind the working of this hydraulic arm.
Pascal's law states that-"pressure exerted anywhere in a confined incompressible fluid
is transmitted equally in all directions throughout the fluid"
Hydraulic System-A hydraulic drive system is a drive that uses confined pressurized
incompressible fluid (Water in our case) to power hydraulic machinery.
A hydraulic drive system is a drive or transmission system that uses pressurized hydraulic
fluid to power hydraulic machine. The term hydrostatic refers to the transfer of energy from
flow and pressure, not from the kinetic energy of the flow.
A hydraulic drive system consists of three parts:
The generator (e.g. a hydraulic pump), driven by an electric motor valves, filters, piping etc.
(to guide and control the system); and the actuator (e.g. a hydraulic motor or hydraulic
cylinder) to drive the machinery.
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The cardboard robotic cutting machine must have a sturdy base. If it is not secured it
The cardboard robotic cutting machine must have at least two parts to the limb. These
are generally referred to as the biceps and the forecutting machine. Some cardboard
robotic cutting machines also have hands or fingers.
The cardboard robotic cutting machine must have at least two joints. The elbow joint
enables it to bend over to the object. The wrist or finger joints allow it to pick up the
object. Some cardboard robotic cutting machines also have a third joint at the shoulder
near the base.
The cardboard robotic cutting machine must have a muscle system. This powers it
through its motions. This can be human muscle pulling strings, hydraulics pushing liquid
or electricity sending impulses to motors.
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human power
hydraulic power
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6. Operation
Hydraulic cylinders get their power from pressurized hydraulic fluid ,which is water in
our case. The hydraulic
connected to a piston rod moves back and forth. The barrel is closed on each end by the
cylinder bottom (also called the cap end) and by the cylinder head where the piston rod
comes out of the cylinder. The piston has sliding rings and seals. The piston divides the
inside of the cylinder in two chambers, the bottom chamber (cap end) and the piston rod
side chamber (rod end). The hydraulic pressure acts on the piston to do linear work and
motion.
When we apply pressure from othe outside, the piston pushes the water in the pipelines
and from there to the other piston and cylinder arrangement which is syringe in our case.
The piston moves instead downwards if oil is pumped into the piston rod side chamber.
Now the other side of the piston is attached to some arm or shaft of any arm of the tool
which need motion. Thus we get motion from the hydraulic power and this motion can be
easily converted in different direction for doing different operations using different
mechanism.
If we talk about some real time hydraulic systems then, The piston is a short, cylindrical
metal component that separates the two parts of the cylinder barrel internally. The piston
is usually machined with grooves to fit elastomeric or metal seals. These seals are often
O-rings, U-cups or cast iron rings. They prevent the pressurized hydraulic oil from
passing by the piston to the chamber on the opposite side. This difference in pressure
between the two sides of the piston causes the cylinder to extend and retract. Piston seals
vary in design and material according to the pressure and temperature requirements that
the cylinder will see in service. Generally speaking, elastomeric seals made from nitrite
rubber or other materials are best in lower temperature environments, while seals made of
Viton are better for higher temperatures. The best seals for high temperature are cast iron
piston rings.
The piston rod is typically a hard chrome-plated piece of cold-rolled steel which attaches
to the piston and extends from the cylinder through the rod-end head. In double rod-end
cylinders, the actuator has a rod extending from both sides of the piston and out both ends
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of the barrel. The piston rod connects the hydraulic actuator to the machine component
doing the work. This connection can be in the form of a machine thread or a mounting
attachment, such as a rod-clevis or rod-eye. These mounting attachment scan be threaded
or welded to the piston rod or, in some cases, they are a machined part of the rod-end.
The cylinder head is fitted with seals to prevent the pressurized oil from leaking past the
interface between the rod and the head. This area is called the rod gland. It often has
another seal called a rod wiper which prevents contaminants from entering the cylinder
when the extended rod retracts back into the cylinder. The rod gland also has a rod wear
ring. This wear ring acts as a linear bearing to support the weight of the piston rod and
guides it as it passes back and forth through the rod gland. In some cases, especially in
small hydraulic cylinders, the rod gland and the rod wear ring are made from a single
integral machined part.
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6.1 Single acting vs. double acting CylindersSingle acting cylinders are economical and the simplest design. Hydraulic fluid enters
through a port atone end of the cylinder, which then moves the piston to extend the rod.
An external force returns the piston to its normal position and forces the hydraulic fluid
back through the supply tubing to the fluid reservoir
Double acting cylinders have a port at each end, supplied with hydraulic fluid for both the
retraction and extension of the piston. They are used where an external force is not
available to retract the piston or where high force is required in both directions of
travel .An hydraulic cylinder should be used for pushing and pulling only. No bending
moments or side loads should be transmitted to the piston rod or the cylinder to prevent
rapid failure of the rod seals. For this reason , the ideal connection of an hydraulic
cylinder is a single clevis with a spherical ball bearing. This allows the hydraulic actuator
to move and allow for any misalignment between the actuator and the load it is pushing
.In our project we have used Syringes working as hydraulic cylinders
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Difficulties We Faced During Execution Of This IdeaEvery cardboard robotic cutting machine will be put together in a slightly different way,
but they will all have the same basic elements in common:
The cardboard robotic cutting machine must have a sturdy base. If it is not secured it
The cardboard robotic cutting machine must have at least two parts to the limb. These
The cardboard robotic cutting machine must have at least two joints. The elbow joint
enables it to bend over to the object. The wrist or finger joints allow it to pick up the
object.
Some cardboard robotic cutting machines also have a third joint at the shoulder near
the base.
The cardboard robotic cutting machine must have a muscle system. This powers it
through its motions. This can be human muscle pulling strings, hydraulics pushing liquid
or electricity sending impulses to motors.
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8. APPLICATIONS
In future this kind of machine can be computerized using CNC which can make it
better
Various machining tools can be attached to the motor at the end of the arm which
can perform various operations
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TUNNEL MAKING
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9. Advantages
It can save many Lives as we can use it for working in complex places.
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10. Precautions
Check the fluid lines for any kind of leakage before use.
Do not let the air enter in the syringe while filling up the lines.
Bear proper apron and goggles while doing the cutting action of wooden boards
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LIMITATION OF MY PROJECT
The first limitation is regarding the type of fluid being used, which is the water. Its
viscosity is low. Therefore it cannot offer a good seal at the pistons water cannot
withstand high pressure, when high pressure is applied, it leaks out of the piston.
The syringes which are being used here are not able to provide a tight seal between the
fluid and piston.
The sideways angle of coverage is limited to approximately 170 degree.
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11. CONCLUSIONOur design uses extremely simple ideas and mechanisms to achieve a complex set of
actions and is intended to imitate the actions of the operators. However, these hydraulic
arms are expensive for small scale industries. If the major problem of high initial cost is
addressed, a robotic hydraulic arm can be introduced in any industry to bring in
automation. The mechanical links and parts that have been fabricated are extremely
simple. Thus we have successfully completed our project for the submission as a final
year project of B.Tech Mechanical Branch.
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