AUTOMATION OF DRILLING

MACHINE
USING PNEMAUTIC DEVICES
Prof. S. P. Komble
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Akash Gunjal, 1Pranav Nehrotra, 1Atharv Kulkarni, 1Harshil Bhat, 1Krunal Mahant.
(Department of Mechanical Engineering VIT Pune)

ABSTRACT
give the successive action to operate this machine. By
In small-scale industries and automobile this we can achieve our industrial requirements.
maintenance shops, there are frequent needs of
tightening and loosening of screws, drilling, boring,
grinding machine. Huge and complicated designed I. ADVANTAGES
parts cannot be machined with the help of an
ordinary machine and further for every operation I. To achieve mass production
separate machine is required therefore increasing the II. To reduce man power
number of machines required and increasing the III. To increase the efficiency of the plant
area required for them to be accommodated and IV. To reduce the work load
hence overall initial cost required is increase
In a single machine all the above specified operation V. To reduce the production cost
can be carried out, i.e., after drilling, the drill head is VI. To reduce the production time
removed from the barrel key and the required tools VII. To reduce the material handling
like grinding wheels, boring tool etc., can be attached. VIII. To reduce the fatigue of workers
IX. To achieve good product quality
X. Less Maintenance.
Keywords— pneumatic, drilling, automation
II. DISADVANTAGES
INTRODUCTION I. Cost is very high.
II. Large weight.
The main objective of our project is to perform various III. Need of Air compressor which reduces portability.
machining operations using IV. Leakage
“Auto feed mechanism” in drilling machine V. Lesser force than hydraulic
with the help of pneumatic sources. For a developing
industry the operation performed and the parts
(or) components produced should have it minimum
possible production cost for it to run profitability.
By the application of pneumatics, the pneumatic cylinder
with piston which is operated by an air compressor will
 III. THEORY
PNEUMATICS
 The study of Pneumatics deals with systems
operated with air or other gaseous media to
impart power or to control power .
 The term Pneumatics is derived from the Greek
word pneuma, meaning wind or breath .
 Hence Pneumatics may be defined as the study
of movement of air .
 Pneumatic power is the power that is transmitted
by pressurised air.
 It may be used to power machines or to control
or regulate machines.
STROKE LENGTH
 The pneumatic cylinder has stroke and volume
.The stroke of cylinder is the distance through
which its piston rod moves.
 The maximum stroke of the cylinder is the
maximum linear movement that it can produce.
 The volume of the cylinder to be occupied by air
is related to the piston’s displacement and it is
calculated by multiplying the cylinder stroke
with its piston area.
1) Comparison of 6mm and 8mm pipes with respect to
Velocity factor:
 As cross section area of the pipes decreases, the
velocity of the air increases.
 A1V1=A2V2.
 Hence for 6mm pipes the velocity of the air will
be more as compared to the velocity of the air in
8mm pipe.
2) Pressure drop:
 Pressure drop is defined as the difference in the
total pressure between two points of air carrying
network.
 Pressure drop occurs when frictional forces
caused by the resistance to flow act on air, as it
flows through the tube.
 Under laminar flow conditions, pressure drop is
proportional to volumetric flow rate. At double
the flow rate, there is double the pressure drop.
 Under turbulent flow condition, pressure drop
increases as the square of the volumetric flow
rate. At double the flow rate, there is four times
the pressure drop.
 If, we compare the flow rate of the 6mm and
8mm pipe keeping the velocity constant, then
the flow rate of the 8mm pipe will be larger than
the flow rate of the 6mm pipe. Hence for 8mm
pipe pressure drop will be more as compared to
6mm pipe.
 Pressure drop increases as gas viscosity
increases.
3) Flow parameters:
 Pipe Size: The selection of the pipe size is
governed by the following factors: delivering
volume, pipe length, operating pressure,
permissible pressure drop, number of fitting
such as T shape, valves etc. So for the flow
through the 6mm and 8mm pipes also depend on
the above given factors.
 Flow resistance: The flow of compressed air
through a piping creates friction and consequent
pressure drop. The pressure loss is proportional
to the square of the flow rate.
4.Optimum volume required for given piston
with pressure range of 6 to 4 bar for given
strokes:
 for their constant encouragement, support and facilitating this
opportunity. Finally, we wish to thank our family members &
IV. PNEUMATIC CIRCUIT DIAGRAM our friends who have always been very supportive and
encouraging.
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VIII. BIBLIOGRAPHY

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V. APPLICATIONS
I. For drilling into solid substances like rocks
II. To break slabs and pavements
III. Pico-Hybrid Installation.
IV. For drilling holes in mass scale production jobs

VI.CONCLUSION
The manual controlled machine is converted into automatic
machine by using various pneumatic devices as discussed.
The results indicate that operating time is saved to a greater
extent. Thus the output will be more and even the human
intervention is minimized such that number of machines can
be handled by a single operator.

VII.ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
We would like to thanks Prof. Sachin Komble Sir for his
valuable guidance towards the successful completion of this
project. We wish to express our deep gratitude to Prof. R. M.
Jalnekar, Director, VIT, Pune and Prof. M B Chaudhari,
Head of Department of Mechanical Engineering, VIT, Pune