“FABRICATION OF AN ALUMINIUM CAN CRUSHER MACHINE”
R.V.R & J.C COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING
DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING
Area of project : Production
Batch Number : B05
GUIDE :
Dr. D. V. V. Krishna prasad, Ph.D
Professor & Disciplinary Head, ME.
Team Members:
K. SRINU L20ME191
R. SRINIVAS KALYAN Y19ME100
N. SRINIVAS Y19ME080
P. MADHU BABU Y19ME099
K. S. N. AJAY Y19ME055
ABSTRACT :
The main aim of this project is to fabricate a Can Crusher machine to reduce the scrap
volume and use the Cans so that carrying them to the recycle site becomes easy. Now-a
days, a large number of cans are used in hotels, canteens etc. and a large volume of space is
required for storing or dumping the used Cans. This project includes fabrication of a Can
Crusher using single slider crank mechanism which will reduce the volume of cans at least
70%. This report demonstrates the necessary calculation, assembling and fabrication of the
machine. Under this project work, two Can Crushers have been constructed. made during
the period of 7th semester was manually operated. The model is then upgraded to an
electrically operated one. Finally, a comparison between the two Can Crushers, i.e.
manually operated and electrically operated, is made, regarding their efficiencies, cost of
construction etc, and presented here in this report.
Introduction:
Can Crushers are used in mechanical and allied industries which
crush cans made of different materials. The Can Crusher machine is
widely used in beverage industries or in scrap dealers’ shop to
reduce the volume of the cans. Consequently, it leads to the
reduction of the transportation cost. This machine is primarily used
to save space and for recycling. It can be placed anywhere. In
today’s life most of the food items are packed in cans like Cold and
hot drinks and other beverages. Commercial establishments like
cafeteria and bars, have to deal with leftover cans. Storage of these
cans is often a problem and these increases total volume of the trash.
Therefore, using can crusher in such places proves to be
advantageous
MAIN PARTS:
PROPOSED MODEL:
Manually operated
Electrically operated
Collected Data:
Dimensions of the uncrushed cans used
for data collection
Uncrushed can Crushed can using the
constructed machine
To determine the force required to crush a
can up to 70%, we take the help of a
machine. In
this machine, we take 52.5lbs of mass to
crush aluminium can.
Therefore, total mass required =23 kg
Calcultions:
The diameter of can is 57.8mm.
So taking clearance, diameter of piston is assumed to
be 60mm.
For manually operated Can
Crusher:
Force on piston:
F=mxg
= 23x 9.81
= 225.63 N
So, we assume the force required as 226 N
Speed of the lever:
The larger sprocket has 44 teeth and the
smaller one has 18 teeth.
We wish to crush 10 cans in 1 min.
N1/ N2 = T2/T1
N1= (T2/T1) x N2= (44/18) x 10= 24.4 ~ 25 rpm
Torque transmitted through the lever:
T = Force×length of lever
=225.63 × 27×10-2
=60.92 N-M
Power transmitted:
P = 2πN1T/60
=(2π×25×60.92)/60
= 159.488 W
= .159488 KW
For Electrically operated Can Crusher:
We have already calculated the force
required on the piston to crush the Can
which is 226 N.
T = Force×length of the crank
=226 × 28×10-2
=63.28 N-m
As the calculated torque is 63.28 N-m, so we
choose a wiper motor having torque
80N-m which will be the most suitable for our
machine.
For this motor, the speed range is 35±5 rpm
Taking 35 rpm as the speed
of the motor, we get
N1/N2=T2/T1
Or N2=T1/T2×N1
Or N2=18/44 × 35
Or N2=15 rpm
Therefore, theoretically we suppose to
crush 15 Cans/minute
Cost Analysis
i) Manually operated Can Crusher:
ii) Electrically operated Can Crusher
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