FABRICATION OF PNEUMATIC CUTTING

MACHINE

A MINI PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

PRASANTH S (161ME550)

in partial fulfillment for the award of the degree

of

BACHELOR OF ENGINEERING

in

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

BANNARI AMMAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

SATHYAMANGALAM

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 ANNA UNIVERSITY: CHENNAI

AUGUST 2017

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ANNA UNIVERSITY : CHENNAI

BONAFIDE CERTIFICATE

Certified that this project report ​“FABRICATION OF PNEUMATIC

CUTTING MACHINE” ​is the bonafide work of “​PRASANTH S

(161ME550)”​who carried out the project work under my supervision.

SIGNATURE SIGNATURE

DR.K.SIVAKUMAR, ​Lt.Dr.M.KALILRAHIMAN ,
HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT, SUPERVISOR,
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,
ENGINEERING. DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL
ENGINEERING.

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INTERNAL EXAMINER EXTERNAL EXAMINER

TABLE OF CONTENTS

S.NO TOPIC PG.NO

1 Introduction 6

1.1 Need for project 7

2 Literature review 8

3 Pneumatic system 9

3. Properties of air 10

3.2 Physical properties of air 10

4 Types of cutting machine 11

4.1 Pneumatically operated 11

4.2 Hydraulically operated 11

4.3 Rack and pinion operated 12

4.4 Spring operated 12

5 Working principle 13

6 Circuit diagram 14

7 Concept drawing 15

8 Main parts 16

8.1 Directional control valve 16

8.2 Pneumatic cylinder 17

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 9 Advantages 18

10 Disadvantages 18

11 Applications 18

12 Bill of materials 19

13 Conclusion 20

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

We would like to enunciate heartfelt thanks to our esteemed Chairman

Dr.S.V.Balasubramaniam​, and the respected Director ​Dr.M.P​.​Vijaykumar​, for
providing excellent facilities and support during the course of study in this
institute.

We are grateful to ​DR.K.SIVAKUMAR​,​HEAD OF THE DEPARTMENT,

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ​for his / her valuable

suggestions to carry out the project work successfully.

We wish to express our sincere thanks to​DR.G.SENTHILKUMAR,

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING ​for

his/her constructive ideas, inspirations, encouragement and much needed technical

support extended to complete our project work.

We wish to express our sincere thanks to Faculty

guide​Lt.Dr.M.KALILRAHIMAN,​ASSISTANT PROFESSOR,DEPARTMENT OF

MECHANICALENGINEERING​for his/ her constructive ideas, inspirations,

encouragement, excellent guidance and much needed technical support extended to
complete our project work.

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 We would like to thank our friends, faculty and non-teaching staff who have
directly and indirectly contributed to the success of this project.

ABSTRACT
Today in the rapid competition of the industries to get the best quality of the
product in the minimum required time is the main aim of industries. To get the best
quality and maximum production most advanced machines are used. But there is
no facts that use only the advanced machines, to maintain their performance is real
requirement of the industries, also to give proper facilities to the workers with good
environmental condition and to reduce their efforts is one of the objects to achieve
the best quality and high production.

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1.INTRODUCTION

It is always focused towards challenges of bringing ideas and concepts to life.

Therefore, sophisticated machines and modern techniques have to be constantly
developed and implemented for economical manufacturing of products. At the
same time, we should take care that there has been no compromise made with
quality and accuracy. In the age of automation machine become an integral part of
human being. By the use of automation machine prove itself that it gives high
production rate than manual production rate. In competition market everyone
wants to increase their production & make their machine multipurpose. The
engineer is constantly conformed to the challenges of bringing ideas and design
into reality. New machines and techniques are being developed continuously to
manufacture various products at cheaper rates and high quality. So we are going to
make a machine for sheet metal industryand make it multipurpose & should be
used as circle cutting cum straight cutting machine. The machine is simple to
maintain easy to operate. Hence we tried our hands on “pneumatic shearing

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machine.” Shearing machines one of the principal machines in sheet metal
industry. It is mainly used as the name indicates to cut metal strips & Blades.

1.1 NEED FOR PROJECT

• To reduce the power consumption during machining

• To maintain the accuracy
• To develop automation unit for the shearing
• To perform the most rigid operation with high speed
• To reduce the production cost

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2.LITERATURE REVIEW

In shearing or cutting operation as or blade descends upon the metal, the pressure
exerted by the blade first cause the plastic deformation of the metal. Since the
clearance between the two blades is very small., the plastic deformation takes place
in a localized area and the metal adjacent to the cutting edges of the blade edges
become highly stressed which causes the fracture to start on both sides of the sheet
metal as the sheet is sheared. In dentistry applications pneumatic drills are lighter
faster and simpler than the electric drill of the same power rating, because the
prime mover, the compressor is separate from the drill and pumped air is capable
of rotating the drill bit at extremely high rpm. Pneumatic transfer systems are
employed in many industries to move powders and pellets.

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3.PNEUMATIC SYSTEM

Pneumatic systems form the most primitive and distinct class of mechanical
control engineering. They are classified under the term 'Fluid Power Control',
which describes any process or device that converts, transmits, distributes or
controls power through the use of pressurized gas or liquid. In a pneumatic system,
the working fluid is a gas (mostly air) which is compressed above atmospheric
pressure to impart pressure energy to the molecules. This stored pressure potential
is converted to a suitable mechanical work in an appropriate controlled sequence
using control valves and actuators. Pneumatic systems are well suited for the
automation of a simple repetitive task. The working fluid is abundant in nature and
hence the running and maintenance cost of these systems are exceptionally low.
All fluids have the ability to translate and transfigure and hence pneumatic systems
permit variety of power conversion with minimal mechanical hardware.
Conversion of various combinations of motions like rotary-rotary, linear-rotary and
linear-linear is possible. The simplicity in design, durability and compact size of
pneumatic systems make them well suited for mobile applications. These features
make them versatile and find universal applications including robotics, aerospace
technology, production and assembly of automotive components (power steering,
chassis and engine assembly), CNC machines, food products and packaging
industry, bomb deployment units and fabrication process of plastic products.

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3.1 PROPERTIES OF AIR

Air is a mixture of 78% nitrogen, 21% oxygen and 1% other inert gases with
moisture by volume. Air exerts pressure at sea level of about 1.013 bar (14.7 psi)
called atmospheric pressure. It is equivalent to 760 mm of Hg or 10.3 m of water
pressure as measured by U-tube manometer.

3.2 PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF AIR

1. Molecular mass, M = 28.96 kg/kg mol

2. Boiling point at 1 bar = -191º C to -194º C.
3. Freezing point at 1 bar = -212º C to -216 ºC.
4. Characteristic gas constant, R = 287 Nm/kg K.

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4.TYPES OF CUTTING MACHINE

Shearing machines are classified according to the following:-

1) Pneumatically operated

2) Hydraulically operated

3) Rack and pinion operated

4) Spring operated

4.1 Pneumatically operated

Here the advancement of the header is carried out in the upward and the
downward direction using the pneumatic double acting piston and cylinder
unit arrangement along with the direction control valve. In this type of
machine high pressure air is used as the working fluid for the transfer of
power and the motin.

4.2 Hydraulically operated

Here the lowering and raising of the header is carried over using the
hydraulic piston and cylinder arrangement. To actuate the piston and
cylinder, the oil is allowed to enter the cylinder from front or the back side
of the piston. But the oil is comparatively costlier and its leakage may cause
so many problems.

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4.3 Rack and pinion operated

Here the lowering and the raising of the header are 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
lever arrangement. Since the machine is robust and requires large pressure,
hence it is not suitable.

4.4 Spring operated

The working of spring operated machine is similar to the rack and pinion
operated machine but differs from it in construction. Here the lowering and
the raising of the heating handle is carried out manually and it requires too
much pressure for its operation and also there is possibility of having
damage to the work piece if not handled carefully.

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5. WORKING PRINCIPLE

A frame is support to all pneumatics & shearing tool of a machine as shown

in fig. Here, we used a compressor for a generation of compressed air.
Compressed air is supplies to the double acting cylinder by means of
pneumatic hose pipe & 3/2 Direction control valve. The shearing tool is
provided at end of the pneumatic cylinder rod. When compressed air is
supply by the DCV to double acting cylinder due to pressure & force created
by compressed air causes Shearing action of the sheet metals strips & HSS
cutting blades. Here the advancement of the shearing tool is carried out in
the upward and the downward direction using the pneumatic double acting
piston and cylinder unit arrangement along with the hand lever operated
direction control valve. In this type of machine high pressure air is used as
the working fluid for the transfer of power, force and the motion to the
system. We developed a model of the pneumatic shearing machine. In this
we have used piston-cylinders with small stroke. But if we want to develop a
pneumatic shearing machine that is to be used in the factory floor, we can
use the piston-cylinders with higher stroke & Bore diameter to get the large
movement & force of the shearing tool. Also for high shearing capacity to
cut the heavy material blades.

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6. CIRCUIT DIAGRAM

CUTTING STROKE RETURN STROKE

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7. CONCEPT DRAWING

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 8. MAIN PARTS

8.1 DIRECTIONAL CONTROL VALVE

Directional control valveare one of the most fundamental parts in pneumatic

machinery. They allow fluid flow into different paths from one or more sources.
They usually consist of a spool inside a cylinder which is mechanically or
electrically controlled. The movement of the spool restricts or permits the flow,
thus it controls the fluid flow.

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8.2 PNEUMATIC CYLINDER

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9. ADVANTAGES

1. Pneumatic is more efficient in the technician field

2. Quick response is achieved
3. Simple in construction
4. Easy to maintain and repair
5. Continous operation is possible

10. DISADVANTAGES

1. Sheet more than 5mm thickness cannot easily

2. Compressed air is must
3. Foundation is required also safety major must be taken

11.APPLICATION

1. This machine is very useful for small scale industries

2. This machine is used to cut the roller sheet metal
3. All industrial application

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 12.BILL OF MATERIALS

S.NO PART NAME MATERIAL QUANTITY COST

1 MAIN FRAME MILD STEEL 1 100

2 DUBLE ACTING CARBON 1 1500

CYLINDER STEEL

3 DIRECTIONAL ALLOY STEEL 1 700

CONTROL VALVE

4 CUTTING BLADE STEEL 2 300

5 CONNECTING LINK MILD STEEL 1 20

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 13. CONCLUSION

Now we know that pneumatic cutting machine is very cheap compared to hydraulic
cutting machine.

The arrange of the cutting thickness can be increased by arranging a high pressure
compressor and installing more hardened blades. This machine is advantages to
small sheet metal metal cutting industries as they cannot afford the expensive
hydraulic cutting machine.

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