Kongunadu College of Engineering and Technology

Trichy Main road ,Thottiam, Trichy-Dt

(Autonomous)
Department of Mechanical Engineering

20ME605L – MINI PROJECT - I

FABRICATION OF STEERING CONTROLLED

HEADLIGHT MECHANISM
BATCH NO: 17 MODEL REVIEW

Presented by
1. R. RAJKUMAR (621320114364) Under the Guidance of
2. K.SARAN (621320114367)
Mr P.RAJA M.E
Assistan Professor
3. A.VENKATESH (621320114384) Department of Mechanical
Engineering
 ABSTRACT
• The aim is to design and develop a “Steering Controlled Headlight
Mechanism” which acts as directional headlights. This is done by
connecting headlights and steering. Present day automobiles don’t have
effective lighting system. The rack and pinion steering gear mechanism are
used for this project. When the steering wheel is rotated and rotary motion
is converted to translatory motion through the rack and pinion mechanism.
When the front wheels are steered, the headlights follow the same path and
the light is focused on more divergent area. In the present project, it is
planned to design “Steering Controlled Headlight Mechanism” and a live
model unit is fabricated.
 INTRODUCTION
• Due to this many accidents are taking place during night times
especially in ghat sections. Conventional Head lights tend to
illuminate the side of the road while cornering or shine off the
road entirely, which can lead to unsafe condition. To overcome
this problem an idea has been developed by introducing
“Steering Controlled Head Light Mechanism”.
 Problem Identification
• Car safety is the avoidance of automobile accidents or the
minimization of harmful effects of accidents, in particular as
pertaining to human life and health.

• Special safety features have been built into cars for years, some for the
safety of car's occupants only, and some for the safety of others.

• Due to this many accidents are taking place during night times
especially in ghat sections. The accidents can be avoided by
incorporating Steering Control Headlight Mechanism.
 Limitation of Existing System
• The operation remains an essential part of the system although
with changing demands on physical input as the degree of
mechanization is increased. Degrees of automation are of two
types, viz. • Full automation. • Semi automation.
• We have pleasure in introducing our new project, which is fully
equipped by automatic system. It is a genuine project which is
fully equipped and fabricated for automobile vehicles. This
forms an integral part of best quality
 Advantages

❖ Provides Smooth and safety ride in curved roads especially

in ghat roads.

❖ Provides mind free ride for the motorist.

❖ Provides the nation with accident-free roads.
❖ It requires simple maintenance cares.
❖ This is the improved safety measure introduced in
theautomobile.

❖ Easy to operate.
ASSEMBLY DIAGRAM
Specifications of material
Sl. No. PARTS Material

i. Wheels – 9inch Rubber

ii. Frame – 2 ft. 1.5ft. MS
iii. Rack and pinion – 9inch HSS

Pinion dia – 1.5inch

iv. Steering wheel – 12inch MS
dia
v. Couplings HSS
vi. Bolt and nuts HSS
 Cost Analysis

S.N No.of Amount Total

O Name of the material item per Amount
quantity

1 Wheels 4 225 900

2 Rack pinion 1 set 800 800

3 Setting arrangement 1 set 1200 1200

4 Battery 1 1100 1100

5 Frame 1 1200 1200

6 Miscellaneous - 500 500

GRAND TOTAL 5500

 LITERATURE REVIEW
AUTHOR AND
JOURNAL TITLE INFERENCE
YEAR
• deals with the fabrication of the automatic headlight.
3International
As for Indian road transport scenario is concerned,
Conference on
Pranit Ainchwar1 , Yash accidents are becoming a day to day cause an
Ideas, Impact and
Gogirwar2 , Deepesh Jain3 Automatic Steering controlled attempt has been made in this project to reduce such
Innovation in
, Shubham headlight mishaps. In our project the following operation
Mechanical
Umbarkar4 ,S.H.Bobade occurs automatically in the vehicle.
Engineering
(ICIIIME 2017)

• The manufacturing process begins with the creation

Int. J. Passenger of the materials from which the design is made.
CarsMechanical These materials are then modified through
system in manufacturing processes to become the required
Chien-Tai. Huang, Chien- Design and Testing of a part.
Automotive
Tzu Chen, Shou-Yi Cheng headlight Actuator
Research &
Testing Center
(ARTC), Taiwan

• to improve visibility for the driver, thereby achieving

McGraw hill a significant increase in road safety and driving
education(India) comfort. The concept of this system is that while
William H Crouse and Automotive mechanics,
private limited, turning of the road the headlamp beam turns to
Donald L Anglin SIE 14th edition 2018
ISBN 978-0-07- follow the direction which was sensed by the
063435-0. steering angle of rack and pinion
 REFERENCES
1. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING VOL-I by Dr.KIRPAL SINGH. STANDARD PUBLISHER’S
DISTRIBUTORS.

2. THEORY OF MACHINES by R.S KHURMI & J.KGUPTA S. CHAND & COMPANY LTD.
NEW DELHI.

3. AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERING by R.B GUPTA

4. G.B.S. NARANG, AUTOMOBILE ENGINEERINGKHANNA PUBLISHERS, DELHI. 1991,

PP671.
 Applications
❖ The steering controlled head light mechanism can be applied in heavy
vehicles such as buses, trucks., which ride maximum in the ghat roads.
❖ Specially designed for installing in buses riding in ghat roads.
❖ This mechanism can also be installed in all types of commercial vehicles
such as:
❖ Maruthi,
❖ Ambassador,
❖ Fiat,
❖ Mahindra,
❖ Tata, etc.,
 Proposed System
1. This system will modify its lightning pattern while travelling turning of
road or curvature of road. It will enhance the night visibility for drivers in
night time. Car without Adaptive Front Light Control System and Car 2
with Adaptive Front Light Control System AFS therefore improves driver’s
visibility during night driving by automatically turning the headlamp in the
direction of travel according to steering wheel angle and the distance
between two vehicles.
 Proposed System
MECHANISM OF WORKING
Rack and Pinion Steering Gear: The system consists of a pinion attached to
the steering shaft, which meshes with the flat rack on the drag line. Pinion
imparts left or right motion to the rack, which causes the tie rods to move
the road wheels consequently. This mechanism is usually adopted universally
in all the cars that are available today with some major improvements.
Earlier, steering system was robust, though it was quite difficult and heavy to
use. The need of more flexible and smooth system was desired and as such
some of the vital experiments in 1920 gave birth to the power steering
system. The entire credit goes to Francis W. Davis who was an engineer in
automotive company. With his efforts, power steering system began to be
used commercially in all the cars.
 CONCLUSION
An effective steering controlled headlight mechanism was
designed, based on Ackermann Steering mechanism and a live
model was developed.

Cost analysis was also done and a new mechanism at nominal

cost was presented. Hence the steering angle was calculated
and found approx. to be φ = 20 Degree .
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