International Journal For Technological Research In Engineering

Volume 3, Issue 8, April-2016 ISSN (Online): 2347 - 4718

DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT OF UNIVERSAL PNEUMATIC

DRILLING MACHINE: A REVIEW STUDY
Prof. Gadhia Utsav D1, Shah Harsh A2, Patel Viral A3, Patel Kushang P4, Amin Harsh J5
1
Professor, 2,3,4,5Student
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Shankersinh Vaghela Bapu Institute of Technology, Vasan

Abstract: Today most of the industries are trying to make regulator & then passes through pneumatic gun. In
improvement in their production processes as well as pneumatic gun air exerts a axial spinning force on the spindle
relevant machinery to improve the productivity along with located inside the tool head which causes the drill tool to
the automation. Drilling, taping, boring etc. are such rotate inside the work piece with required RPM.
operations which are most frequently used in small and
large scale industries. Most of the industries uses the
conventional method says hand tapping, drilling, boring.
This conventional method is very time consuming process,
less accurate and includes higher labour cost, and
ultimately leads to less productivity. So there is a scope to
develop the machine for various operation which would
overcome all the problems faced by the conventional
process. So we are going to develop the portable pneumatics
machine which will make the use of compressed air for it
operation less human involvement as which is used in hand
tapping, drilling, boring. Fig. 1: Concept Design
Key words: Pneumatic gun, Universal, Drilling
III. METHODOLOGY
I. INTRODUCTION A. Step 1: Part collection
We had chosen the user defined project (UDP) for our final After some survey from market finally we bought pneumatic
year project. We are decided our topic to develop the gun, pressure regulator, pipes, wheels for table & adaptor at
automatic multi-operational portable machine say like the reasonable price.
tapping, drilling, grinding, reaming, and other relative
operation. This will make use of compressed air (pneumatic
mechanism) for its operation. We will trying to develop the
portable machine which will easily handle and cover a
maximum working area from one station and make it more
flexible to working easily. As a small industries the machine
and operation method use for drilling, tapping and other
similar process is not economically and eco friendly. As we
know that drilling machine use the electricity as there power
source these machine have many limitation like it is not
flexible and not moveable, consume more floor area and
main problem is that it need continuous electricity which Fig 2: Pneumatic Gun
increase the cost of production. The tapping operations are
performed by use of convention tap or hand tap. during
operation it is necessary with a hand tap to periodically
reverse rotation to break the chip formed during the cutting
process, thus preventing effect called crowding that may
cause defect. In convention method, main problem causes
during the tapping operation for big job industries and
complex job these causes are created defect on tap tool,
increasing operational lead time, inaccuracy of thread
geometry, more production cost and more labour cost.

II. WORKING PROCEDURE

Pneumatic multi-operation machine make use of compressed
air obtained from compressor passes through pressure Fig 3: Pressure Regulator

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D. Step 4: Fabrication of table

We made supporting table to sustain the load of pneumatic
drilling machine by mounting it on the table.
We provide wheels to the table to provide the portability to
the machine.

Fig 3: Connecting pipe

B. Step 2: Define Joints

We defined joints which are used for relative motion of arms
& also to rotate gun in 360 degree.
We designed mainly three types of joints such as ball joints,
pin joints & rotational top head.
We can switch to an automation by using servo motor in the
defined joints for future scope.
Fig 6: Supporting table
E. Step 5: Assembling of component
After collection & designing of all parts we go for the final
assemble to give the final touch to our machine.
Finally we assembled all the components in the one single
unit and made universal drilling machine to justify our
project title DESIGN & DEVELOPMENT OF
UNIVERSAL PNEUMATIC DRILLNG MACHINE.

Fig 4: Joints

C. Step 3: Design arms or linkages

We made arms or linkages having material of mild steel with
help of fabricator.
We can use telescopic arms to extend the work envelope of Fig 7: Partial Assembling
pneumatic drilling machine for future scope.

Fig 5: Arms or linkages Fig 8: Final assembly

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F. Step 6: Fabrication of table
We did some experiment by drilling the material as
wood, aluminium & cast iron using the appropriate tool &
air pressure.
The experiments in the image shows the drilling of the
workpiece. The other operation such as tapping, boring,
grinding, thread cutting can also
Performed by our machine.
Fig 9(a): Experiment 1
Fig 9(b): Experiment 2
IV. COMPONENT & SPECIFICATION
Table 1: Component & specification
(All dimensions are in mm)
V. V.FUTURE SCOPE
We can use servo motor in our machine to provide
the automation by giving auto feed.
We can use telescoping arm to increase the working
envelope of the machine to reach in any direction
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easily.
We can use hydraulic system or hydraulic
lubrication to operate the machine in smooth
manner without including the less fatigue of man
power.
VI. CONCLUSION & SUMMARY
Due to the various problems faced by conventional
operation processes such as Poor thread finish, more
time consumption, frequent tool breakage and many
more. So, we have decided to design the machine
which will make use of compressed air as a power
source.
Above is the Future model of pneumatic machine
on which the tapping ,drilling, boring etc operation
is achieved by Pneumatic system and it eliminates
all the problem faced by conventional operation
process.
This pneumatic multi-operation Machine is to be
presented for increasing their productivity as well as
quality of job. It also gives the detailed description
of machine mechanism and their different main
parts of machine. In this we are defining different
process parameters like spindle speed (rpm), cutting
feed rate, cutting force, torque and power for their
efficient working of operation.
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