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Contents Topics Page No.

1. Objectives..........2
2. Abstract..... 2 3. Keywords.. 3 4. Targeted Customer.......3 5. Product Specification............3 6. Description......... 4 7. Working Procedure....... 8 8. Cost Analysis.... 8 9. Reliability........ 9 10. Additional Features.....9 11. Discussion.....9 12. Gantt Chart....10

13.Conclusion...11

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A Machine (cutting & turning) for carpentry

Objectives
1. To increase the production rate. 2. To reduce the physical labor. 3. To perform cutting and turning in one machine.

Abstract
Nowadays carpentry is an emerging profession in Bangladesh. As a country of third world most of the people here live under the poverty line. They want to do something with low capital like carpentry or furniture manufacturing. Due to the low capital most of the carpenter use the traditional tool for different machining purpose. For this reason the production time and physical labor required for making furniture is high. But using a machine that can perform both cutting and turning operation, which are crucial for furniture manufacturing, can increase the production rate and reduce the physical labor.

Keywords

Carpenter; low-capital; cutter; turner; motor; pulley etc.

Targeted Customer

Fig: A carpenter working with manual hacksaw A carpenter with low capital generally cannot afford more assistants. Without sufficient number of assistants he has to spend more labor in doing various types of operation. But using this type of machine he can perform his job with a small number of assistants and spending less physical labor. So, our targeted customer is this kind of carpenters.

Product Specification
1. 2. 3. 4. Can perform both cutting and turning operation. Machining time is less. Can measure cutting length using the included scale. Adjustable tail stock.

Description

There are two main parts in our machine: one for cutting wood and the other for turning purpose. Different parts of the machine are described below:

Fig: A Machine (cutting & turning) for carpentry

Motor: A motor is an electro-mechanical device which converts the electrical energy into mechanical energy. In that machine we have used an AC motor. It is being used here to produce rotating mechanism in the pulley. The motor we used has the following characteristics: Input voltage 220 V Power- 370 W, HP Current- 4.2 A RPM -1420

Fig: Motor

Head Stock:

5 It is the major component for the turning part of the machine. In head stock we used a pulley and ball- bearing mechanism with a job holder, which gets rotation from motor by belt.

Fig: Head stock

Tail Stock: It is used in the turning part of the machine to support the job on the job on the opposite side of the head stock. It is adjustable on its line. It can be set based on the length of the work piece, in our case it is 36 inch maximum.

Fig: Tail stock Bed: The part on which the operation is being performed is termed as bed. In turning the part on which the head-stock and tail-stock mounted is called bed and here the length of the bed is 45 inch and width is 16 inch. In cutting part the bed carry an adjustable measuring device as a special feature. The length and width is 36x20.5 inch. The bed is in 30.5 inch height from platform.

Fig: Bed Arm:

6 The arm is the most important component in this machine because it carries the cutting tool. It reciprocates longitudinally getting reciprocation from the crank. Here the job is feuded against the tool supported by arm. The length of the arm is 56 inch and the gap is 13 inch at the cutting tool and 9.5 inch at the angle.

Fig: Arm Pulley: It is the circular shaped device used as a medium to convert the rotation of the motor to the reciprocation of the arm and rotation of the small pulley in turner. It remains attached with the motor by belt. The diameter of the driver pulley is 2.5 inch and the driven pulley is 9.5 inch (cutting part) and 2.5 inch (turning part).

Fig: Pulley Crank: In this machine the crank is connected with the pulley. It follows the mechanism of piston. It is also attached with a mill-bearing. Conversion of reciprocation mainly occurs from here.

Fig: Crank Angle:

7 It is used in turner to make a joint between the arms. It is an adjustable type joint which is desirable to make adjustment between the arms.

Fig: Angle Cutting Tool: Cutting tool is very much important for every types of machining. In cutter we have used saw and in turner different types blades are being used for different shape. Normally irons are used to make these types of tools.

Fig: Cutting Tool Belt: It is used for joining motor and the pulley of the machine. Generally rubberized textile belt is being used in the machine. The length of the belt is 50 inch.

Fig: Belt Measuring Mechanism:

8 For the accuracy of measurement and reduction the time consumption of frequent set up time of the job we added a sliding scale on the bed of the cutter machine. We can measure longitudinally up to 30 inch and transversally 36 inch.

Working Procedure
When the machine is switched on the motor starts rotating. The spindle of the motor is attached with the pulley of cutting or turning part by a belt. So the pulley also starts rotating. In case of turning, the pulley rotates the chuck in the head stock. The work piece is held between the chuck and the supporting adjustable tail stock. So the work piece starts rotating and turning operations can be done on it. In case of cutting, the pulley rotates the crank shaft. The crank then causes a reciprocating motion in the arm. So the cutting tool attached at the end of arm also reciprocates and the cutting can be done.

Cost Analysis
Name Motor Crank Wood(Rain tree) Pulley Nut-bolt Rubberized Textile Belt Angle Mill Bearing Steel Rod Ball Bearing Wire Switch Measuring Tape Cutting Tool Total Quantity(pc) 1 1 3 cft 2 2 1 2 2 2 1 3 1 Total Price(tk) 3000 1100 1000 400 200 180 150 150 100 50 40 30 21 7 3428(excluding motor)

Reliability

9 Though it is an electromechanical machine our main concern is with motor. The motor has 5 years warranty. So the lifetime will be long.

Additional Features
Instead of two we used one motor for turning and cutting. The motor we used has one slot for belt. So we cannot run two parts (cutting and turning) at same time. After finishing one operation we have to switch the belt for the other operation. But if we use a motor with two slots for belt we can run both parts simultaneously. In our product we added measuring mechanism. We can adjust a certain length for cutting operation. It will come in handy when cutting many pieces of wood in same size.

Discussion
After generating the concept we set up some specification of the product on the basis of customer needs. When the concept is being selected by testing, we thought about the architecture of the product. We were in a fix that which material and what procedure are suitable for this job. But using the screening method and with the help of an efficient carpenter we find out the suitable materials and procedure of assembling materials. At the time of assembling added some modification to the product. Thus we performed this challenging job as a team based work.

Gantt Chart

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Concept Generation Concept Selection Set Final Specification Proposal Submission Material search Construction Report Preparation Project Presentation Week 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Conclusion

11 On the shake of necessity any types of products are developed or generated. For this reason we have generated a modified concept of product which is very much crucial for the carpenter with low capital. By using this type of machine a carpenter can easily perform the task of cutting and turning the wood. This machine will be advantageous for a carpenter by reducing the production cost and time. Finally this team based product design and development task performed consciously by following the generic product development process.