AHROLIF ENGINEERING SDN BHD

 Consists of 8 major part

 Base platform
 Platform
 Connection bar
 Vibration inclined plate
 Blower
 Connection box Connection Pipe
 Connection hose
 Flexible duct
 Flexible duct

Connection
Hose Platform

Blower

Connection
box
Base platform
PROBLEM
&
SOLUTION
  Method of joint for connection box

Problem: Rivet is not suitable for this type of joint. A

leakage might be occurs.
Findings: Suggestion from lecturer to use welding method.
Solution: After some discussion with the technician, we
found that welding is not suitable to use. So, we still use
rivet for this method of joint. The bitumen glue will be
used to prevent air leakage from disturb the sand flow
and increase the efficiency of the blower by optimize the
air flow speed.
  The system air flow did not fully function

Problem:
 The sand will stuck at the middle of plate
 The sand takes a long time to travel from the
vibration inclined plate to the connection box.
 Finding :
1. Increase the bending angle of the vibration plate.
2. The higher angle of the inclined will produce a
higher force to the sand by the gravity to go down
from the top of vibration inclined plate to the
connection box.
3. Use high power rating of blower to help in move the
sand out.
4. But to increase the power rating of blower will
mean need to find out a new blower which will
increase the cost of the design.
5. Put vibrator at the top of plate.
6. The vibrator will add medium force to increase the
time travel of sand by reducing friction between
sand and vibration inclined plate. But in other mean,
it also will increase the cost of the design.
 
7. Design a new connector (connection pipe)
8. The most significant way to solve the problem but
need a new idea and will cost a time to fabricate the
new connector.
Solution: We decided to remove the connection box
and connect connection pipe directly to the blower.
Manufacturing engineer, Mr Akmal able to
construct a new connector from PVC pipe by adding
two smaller pipes inside the PVC pipe and connect it
with the plastic heavy duty glue.
 Design Drawing (MEC 531)

Re-Design Drawing (MEC 532)

Planning : 2 September 2010
Actual : 19 August 2010
Plan : 100%
Progress : 100%
The inclined plane in our sand collector is to give vibration to vibrate the
sand into the blower. Therefore, we use aluminum as the material of the
inclined plane, due to its mechanical properties itself which is easily to
give vibration.
Planning : 26 August 2010
Plan : 100%
Progress : 80%
 Design Drawing (MEC 531)

Omitted

Re-Design Drawing (MEC 532)

 Connection
Bar

Planning : 19 August 2010

Actual : 19 August 2010 Base Platform
Plan : 100%
Progress : 100%
omitted
CONNECTION PIPE

Actual : 12 August 2010

Progress : 100%
 We modified the inclined plate. We decided
to use hollow pipe at the middle of the
inclined plate because this is the most
practical way to use rather than connection
box.
 After we modified this part, we found that
there is no more sand stuck at the middle of
the inclined plate since we directly connect
the blower to the hollow pipe.
BLOWER
Specification :

 Rated Voltage 240V

 Rated Frequency 50Hz
 Rated Power Input 680W
 Maximum Gas Volume 2.8m3/min
 No load speed 16000 rev/min
 Net Weight 1.8kg
 Connection
Bar

Vibration Inclined Base Platform

Plate
Assemble progress : 90 %

Note: The remaining assembly process is to

assembly hose to the connection pipe and
finishing process.
 PLAN
&
SUGGESTION
 Because ASC did not been fully test, there are
might be a problem as the problem 2 that
state above (The system air flow did not
fully function). There back up plan in order to
overcome this problem.
1. The main suggestion to overcome the problem is by
adding a small air tube at both side of the vibration
inclined plate. The air tube will transfer a small
quantity of air from the blower by diverge the main
incoming air pipe. This will blow sand from the top
of inclined plate and as the result the time travel of
the sand can be decrease and increasing the
performance of air flow system.
2. The second plan is separate the main pipe of air
into 2 section and place it at the top of vibration
inclined plate. So all sand will be blow from the
beginning until it flow back to the machine. But it
needs a re-calculate the air flow needed in order to
blow the sand from the beginning to the end. This is
because the existing blower might not capable to
blow the sand in that range.
3. Third suggestion is by applied some conveyer
system at the bottom of vibration inclined plate. So
the sands will completely be transfer without
depending on the air flow from the blower.