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Visvesvaraya Technological Univeversity: Design and Fabrication of Semi Automatic Pneumatic Sheet Metal Cutting Machine
Visvesvaraya Technological Univeversity: Design and Fabrication of Semi Automatic Pneumatic Sheet Metal Cutting Machine
Submitted By
BELLARI V. V SANGHAN’S
PROUDADEVARAYA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTAMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
T.B. DAM ,HOSPETE-583225
BELLARI V. V SANGHAN’S
CERTIFICATE
“DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF SEMI AUTOMATIC
This is to certify that the project work entitled
PNEUMATIC SHEET METAL CUTTING MACHINE.” is a bonafied work carried out by P.SAMEER
BASHA, KAVITHA.B, VINAY KUMAR .Y.P ,MOHAMMED WASIM AKRAM.T in partial fulfillment for the
award of “BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING” in “MECHANICAL ENGINEERING” by the Vishvesvaraya
Technological University, belgaum During the academic year 2021-22. It is certified that all corrections / suggestions
indicated for internal assessment have been incorporated in the report deposited in the department library
The project phase -01 report has been approved as it satisfies the academic requirements in respect with the project work
prescribed for the said degree
____________________ ________________
Signature of Guide Signature of HOD
Murthi S.L M.tech Dr. Chandragowda M Mtech.,Ph.D
Asst.Professor professor & HOD
Dept of Mechanical Engineering Dept. of Mechanical Engineering
PDIT Hospet PDIT Hospet
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Signature of principal
Dr. Shashidhar S M M.tech.,Ph.D
External viva
Name of the examiner signature with date
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2) ______________________
CONTENTS
1 AKNOWLEDGEMENT 1
2 ABSTRACT 2
3 INTRODUCTION 3
5 METHODOLOGY 6
7 WORKING PRINCIPLE 13
8 2D DRAGRAMS 14-25
9 ADVANTAGES 26-27
DISADVANTAGES
AND APPLICATIONS
10 FUTURE SCOPE 28
11 CONCLUSION 29
12 REFERENCES 30
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AKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to thank our Project Guide MURTHY.S.L and Project Coordinator,
Dr.Chandragowda M for their constant guidance and inputs.
We would like to thank all the Teaching Staff and Non-Teaching Staff of the college for their
co-operation.
Finally, we extend our heart-felt gratitude to our family for their encouragement and support
without which We wouldn’t have come so far. Moreover, we thank all our friends for their
valuable support and cooperation.
Project associates
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The successful presentation of the DBMS MINI PROJECT would be incomplete without the
mention of the people who made it possible and whose constant guidance crowned my effort
with success.
IwouldliketoextendmygratitudetotheMANAGEMENT, KAMMAVARI
SANGHAM, Bengaluru, for providing all the facilities to present the Web Technology Mini
Project.
I would like to extend mygratitudetoDr. K.RAMA NARASIMHA,Principal /
Director,K.S. School of Engineering and Management,Bengaluru,forfacilitating me to
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ABSTRACT
The sheet metal cutting process is a main part of the all industries. Normally the sheet metal
cutting machine is manually hand operated one for medium and small scale industries. Our
Automation in the modern world is inevitable. Any automatic machine aimed at the economical
use of man, machine, and material worth the most. In our project is hand lever valve is used The
sheet metal cutting machine works with the help of pneumatic double acting cylinder. The piston
is connected to the moving cutting tool. It is used to cut the small size of sheet metal. The
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INTRODUCTION
mechanical power in all degrees of automation. The operation remains an essential part of the
system although with changing demands on physical input as the degree of mechanization is
increased.
Full automation.
Semi automation.
these sources, pneumatics form an attractive medium for low cost automation.
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LITERATURE REVIEW
In cutting operation as or blade descends upon the metal, the pressure exerted by the
blade first caused the plastic deformation of the metal, since the clearance between to blade is
very small. The plastic deformation takes place in localize area and the metal adjacent to the
cutting edges of the blade edges become highly stress, with courses the facture to start on both
side of the sheet as the deformation progresses and sheet is shear.
Pneumatically operated
Hydraulically operated
Rack and pinion operated
Spring operated
Pneumatically operated:
Here is the advancement of the header which is carried out in the upward and downward
direction using the pneumatic double acting piston and cylinder unit arrangement along with
the foot operated direction control valve. In this type of machine high pressure air is used as the
working fluid for the transfer of power and the motion.
Hydraulically operated:
Here the lowering and raising of the header which is carried over using the hydraulic
piston and cylinder arrangement. To actuate the piston and cylinder, the oil is allow to enter the
cylinder for front or back side of the piston. But the oil is comparatively cost layer and it is
leakage may cause so many problem.
Here the lowering and raising of the header carried out manually using the rack and
pinion arrangement. In this case the required pressure is applied manually using direct hand
pressure on the rack
using pinion and leaver arrangement. Since the machine robust and required large pressure,
hence it is not suitable.
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Spring operated:
The working of spring operated machine is similar to rack and pinion operated machine
but differs for it in construction. Here the lowering and the raising of the heating handle are
carried out manually and it required too much pressure for its operation also there possibility to
having damage to the work piece if not handled carefully.
To prepare any machine part, the type of material should be properly selected, considering
design, safety. Selection of material for engineering application is given by following factor
1. Availability of material.
2. Suitability of the material for the required component.
3. Cost of the material.
The machine is basically made of mild steel the reason for the selection are mild steel is readily
available in market. It is economical to use and it is available in standard size. It has good
mechanical properties. It has moderate factor of safety, because factor of safety result in
unnecessary wasted of material and heavy selection. Low factor of safety result in unnecessary
risk of failure, it has high tensile strength, low coefficient thermal expansion. The material of the
sheet to be cut are takes as aluminum and plastic as they replacing many metal in the present
scenarios because of their distinguished properties of features.
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METHODOLOGY
Material SelectionFrame:-
The frame is made up of mild steel material. Because, mild steel is readily available in market
and is economical to use. It has good mechanical properties such as high ductility and high
toughness. Mild steel has carbon content ranging from 0.15% to 0.25%. The ultimate strength
and compressive of this steel increases with increase in the carbon content.
Shearing Blade:-
The shearing blade is made up of high speed steel material. The blade has to withstand the high
cutting forces and this can be achieved by using high speed steel as a blade materi- al. High
speed steel offers reliable toughness and it retains good wear resistance. A typical composition
is: 18% of tung- sten, 4% of chromium, 1% of vanadium, 0.7% of carbon and the rest is iron.
Design
CATIA V5R20 software is used for designing and model- ling. The blade design considerations
are:
reducing the re- quired force ( 50 shear angle reduces force by 20% ).
Scissor type cutting blade is used.
Square edged blade is preferred rather than knife edge. The frame design considerations
are:
Based on the length of the cutting blade used, the width of the frame is selected.
The length of the frame is designed to make the ma- chine compact and also to
accommodate the length of the sheet metal to be cut.
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Compressor,
Pneumatic Cylinder,
Seals,
COMPRESSOR:
The air under high pressure is given by a compressor. It is driven by an electric motor. The
compressor delivers air to inlet of the cylinder. An air compressor as the same indicates is a
machine to compress the air and to raise its pressure. The air compressor sucks air from the
atmosphere, compresses it and then delivers the same under a high pressure to a storage vessel
from the storage vessel it may be conveyed by a pipeline to a place where the supply of
compressed air is required.Since the compression of air requires some work to be done on it,
therefore compressor must be driven by some prime mover. The compressed air is used for many
purposes such as for operating pneumatic drills, rivets, paint spraying and supercharging of
internal combustion engines etc., It is also used in the operation of lifts, rams, pumps and varicty
of other devices in industry. Compressed air is sucked for producing ballast of air in blast
furnaces and Bessemer converter.
PNEUMATIC CYLINDER:
Cylinder is a device which converts fluid power into liner mechanical force and motion. These
cylinders are widely used in industrial pneumatic systems.These cylinders are also called as linear
motors and reciprocating motors pneumatic cylinders are designed for a variety of services.
Pneumatic cylinders are designed for a variety of services. Pneumatic
cylinders transforms the flow of pressured fluid into a push or pull of the piston rod since out
system uses double acting cylinders we shall see some details about them. Double acting
cylinders are in one in which fluid force can be applied to the movable element in two directories.
The force exerted by the compressed air moves the piston in two directories in a double acting
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cylinder. They are used particularly. The piston is required to perform work not only on the
advance movement but also on the return. In principle, the stroke length is unlimited, although
bucking and bending must be considered before we select a particular size of piston diameter, rod
length and stroke length. The main component of any pneumatic system is the cylinder, which
receivers air under pressure and the pressurized air helps to move the piston to and fro. The force
acting on the piston will be equal to the product of the pressure of air and the area of the cylinder.
The amount of air delivered into the cylinder into the cylinder decides the
rate of doing work. A cylinder is a hollow circular section with the top and bottom
flange provided to prevent the leakage of air.The compressed air is used to actuate the piston. In
order to move the piston
to and fro, the air is supplied to the top and bottom of the cylinder alternatively
machinery as well and pneumatic machinery. They allow fluid flow into different
paths from one or more sources. They usually consist of a spool inside a cylinder
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Number of ports
Number of positions
Actuating methods
Type of spool.
Example: A 5/2 directional control valve would have five ports and two
spool position.
Number of Ports
which fluid can enter the valve or leave the valve. There are types such as two way,
Number of Positions
Including the normal and working positions which a valve spool can take
there are types like two position, three position and proportional valves.
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Actuating Methods
Manually Operated
Manually operated valves work with simple levers or paddles where the
operator applies force to operate the valve. Spring force is sometimes used to
recover the position of valve. Some manual valves utilize either a lever or an
Mechanically Operated
Hydraulically Operated
pneumatic equivalent. They must therefore be far more robust in nature so are
Solenoid Operated
They are widely used in the hydraulics industry. These valves make use of
electromechanical solenoids for sliding of the spool. Because simple application ofelectrical
power provides control, these valves are used extensively. However,
electrical solenoids cannot generate large forces unless supplied with large
these valves when energized over time. Many have a limited duty cycle. This
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meters or temperature gauges. Control valves are normally fitted with actuators
widely used for control purposes in many industries, although quarter-turn types
such as (modified) ball, gate and butterfly valves are also used.
Control valves can also work with hydraulic actuators (also known as
hydraulic pilots). These types of valves are also known as Automatic Control
Valves. The hydraulic actuators will respond to changes of pressure or flow and
will open/close the valve. Automatic Control Valves do not require an external
power source, meaning that the fluid pressure is enough to open and close the
valve. Automatic control valves include: pressure reducing valves, flow controlvalves, back-
pressure sustaining valves, altitude valves, and relief valves. An
SEALS: Seal is an important component of a pneumatic system and is used to prevent the
air leakage through the joint. This project passes the static seal which are used to prevent
the leakage through the stationary surface.
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Material of the seal is Teflon tape. Teflon has the following properties
Seals are devices for closing gaps to prevent leakage or make pressure joints
and also to prevent the entry of air and dirt from outside into the system. The
material of seal must be compatible with the fluid medium. It is a circular ring
made of synthetic rubber. It is used for providing tight sealing between the piston
and the cylinder wall. It prevents air leakage from the top and bottom of the
cylinder.
Seals for air cylinder and valves are not normally called upon to seal
pressure higher than about 2 bars. Since the fluid to be seated is a gas, (in our case
air) rubbing speeds tends to be high and the seal the seal may have to be operated
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WORKING PRINCIPLE
The compressed air from the compressor is used as the force medium for this operation. There are
pneumatic double acting cylinders, solenoid valve; flow control valve and timer unit used. The
The controlled air from the flow control valve enters to the direction control valve. The
direction control valve is operated manually with the help of the hand lever attached to it. The
5/2 direction control valve is used. In one position air enter to the cylinder and pusses the
The next position air enters to the other side of cylinder and pusses the piston return
back, so that the releasing stroke is obtained. The speed of the cutting and releasing stroke is
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2D DRAWING
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ADVANTAGES
Simple in construction
The operation of cutting is faster because the medium used to operate is air
DISADVANTAGES
While working, the compressed air produces noise therefore a silencer may be used.
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APPLICATIONS
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FUTURE SCOPE
Since old age man always time to gain more and more luxurious. Man is always trending to
develop more and more modified technique with the increasing the ascetic look and economic
consideration, hence there is always lot of scope but being the diploma engineers and having the
ability to think and plan but due to the some time constraints, and also due to lack of font , we
only have thought and put in the report the following future modification.
It can be made hydraulically power operated by installing the gear oil pump at the place
of air compressor and pneumatic air arrangement
It can be made as rack and pinion operated or spring an leaver operated, by replacing
pneumatic circuit by rack and pinion arrangement by the square threaded screw and nut
arrangement
The place where there is scarcity of the electric the electric motor operate
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CONCLUSION
A strong multidiscipline team with a good engineering base is necessary for the
Software, algorithms for the dynamic exchange of informational different levels of hierarchy.
This project work has provided us an excellent opportunity and experience, to use our
We are proud that we have completed the work with the limited time successfully. The
working with satisfactory conditions. We are able to understand the difficulties in maintaining
We have done to our ability and skill making maximum use of available facilities. In
conclusion remarks of our project work. Thus we have developed a “PNEUMATIC SHEET METAL
CUTTING MACHINE”. By using more techniques, they can be modified and developed according
to the applications.
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