International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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Volume: 04 Issue: 02 | Feb -2017
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Automatic Water Tank Cleaning Machine Thonge Suraj D.1, Shelke Prasad K.2, Wakte Vaibhav B.3, Thonge Sharad A.4, Prof. Shinde R.S.5 BE Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SND COE & RC, Maharashtra, India BE Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SND COE & RC, Maharashtra, India 3BE Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SND COE & RC, Maharashtra, India 4BE Student, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SND COE & RC, Maharashtra, India 5 Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, SND COE & RC, Maharashtra, India ---------------------------------------------------------------------***--------------------------------------------------------------------1 2
Abstract - Aim of this project is to develop a mechanical
The water tank can also be cleaned by using chemicals to remove the dirt and sediments. The chemicals used may affect the human health.
system for cleaning domestic cylindrical water tank. The mechanical system includes two main mechanisms which are rack and pinion gear mechanism and reciprocating four bar linkage mechanism. The rack and pinion arrangement is used to move whole mechanical system up and down for cleaning the cylindrical tank. The rack is fixed on the motor and the four-bar mechanism is attached to the motor shaft. PVC brushes are attached to the ends of the four-bar linkage. Four bar linkage is made in such a way that it can be adjusted according to inside diameter of the tank. When the motor is started the linkage rotates and with the help of brushes, cleaning of wall and base of tank takes place. The purpose of this project is to reduce the human efforts and to avoid the chemical influence on health of person entering the tank for cleaning.
Pressurized water can be sprayed on the walls of the tank which will remove the dirt from the tank surface. These methods are time consuming and require more efforts for cleaning.
1.3 Alternate Method
1.INTRODUCTION
All methods of cleaning water tank as discussed above are time consuming and require more human efforts. So alternate method is required for cleaning purpose which will overcome the drawbacks of all other methods. Therefore we are developing water tank cleaning equipment which requires less time and human efforts for cleaning.
1.1 Necessity of Cleaning Water Tank
2. MAIN COMPONENTS
Key Words: Cylindrical water tank, four bar linkage, motor shaft, rack and pinion, PVC brush.
2.1 Gear Motor
Every day we use the tank water for brushing and bathing, for cleaning and moping, for washing clothes and in other household chores. With the passage of time, sediments, scale and algae get deposited on the walls, ceiling and floor of the water tank. This deposition contaminates the water and makes is unfit for use. With time algae and bacteria grow and breed in this water infect it and could make us fall sick eventually. Hence water tank cleaning is very important.
Gear motor is used to produce high torque with low speed. motor used has specifications as single phase 220V, 15A which produces power of 0.35 HP and frequency of 50 Hz and the shaft speed is 75 rpm.
1.2 Methods of water tank cleaning Manual scrubbing in which wall and floor of tank are scrubbed to remove dirt, sediments, fungus and stains, but this method is more tedious and time consuming.
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