DEFENCE FORCES TECHNICAL COLLEGE

ARTISAN IN AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

(AIRFRAMES AND ENGINES OPTION)

PRESENTED BY: DONATO KAPSOWE KIPLAGAT.

COLLEGE NO: 408101

SERVICE NO:

PRESENTED TO: THE KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL FOR

PARTIAL FULFILMENT OF AWARD IN DIPLOMA IN

AERONAUTICAL ENGINEERING

[AIRFRAMES AND ENGINES OPTION]

SUPERVISOR: Mr. NJERU

SERIES: JUNE /JULY 2022

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DECLARATION

I declare that this project report is my original research work and to the best of my knowledge. It

has not been submitted anywhere for the award of diploma in equivalent course.

Signature…………………………………………………………..

Date …………………………………………………………………..

This project has been submitted to KENYA NATIONAL EXAMINATION COUNCIL with my

approval as the project supervisor.

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Date ………………………………………………………………………

DEDICATION

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This project is dedicated to Almighty God for his protection, kindness, strength over my life

throughout the period and to my friends for their support and moral care towards me. Also to my

mentor Mr.Njeru for her academic advice, she often gives to me. May Almighty God shield them

from the peril of this world and bless their entire endeavor Amen.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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I express my deep sense of gratitude and indebtedness to my thesis supervisor Mr. Njeru, Trainer of

Mechanical Engineering for providing precious guidance, inspiring discussions and constant

supervision throughout the course of this work. His timely help, constructive criticism, and

conscientious efforts made it possible to present the work contained in this thesis.

I express my sincere thanks to Mr. John student for their support during the project work. I am also

thankful to all the staff members of the department of AIRFRAMES AND ENGINES OPTION and

to all my well-wishers for their inspiration and help. I am also thankful to my classmates for their

help during my project work.

I feel pleased and privileged to fulfil my parent’s ambition and I am greatly indebted to them for

bearing the inconvenience during my course .

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Abstract

The floor cleaner / sweeper is a system that enables cleaning of the hanger floor by the help of

highly stabilized and rapidly functionalized electron mechanical gears and mechanical control

system. Current project work targets to use automatic floor cleaner for large floor in garage purposes

and hanger floors. The cleaning purpose is specifically carried out by continuous relative motion

between a scrubber and the floor surface. During the cleaning and moving operation of vehicle

propulsion mechanism such as driven wheels and guide wheels for the dry tracking on the floor

surface to be cleaned, suction of water is carried out by vacuum pump; the scrubber directing water

towards rear end does scrubbing action. Preferably, a sweeper mechanism is mounted on the body

forwarded by propulsion mechanism and operated with such control system for advance sweeping of

a debris-laden floor surface. Gear controller is used to govern the motion of system, which takes the

input from sensor circuit and feeds it back to microcontroller, which gives rise to the simulation of

wheel in a synchronized manner. The new automatic floor cleaner will save huge cost of labor in

future. The basic advantage of this product is that it will be cost effective and no human control is

needed. Once put in on mode it will clean the whole room without any omission of surface.

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 CHAPTER ONE

1.0 INTRODUCTION

Sweepers are most everywhere forms of cleaners in the world Prefer to use garage, hanger place,

homes compound or inside a plane for commuting and hence these places are littered with

metallic structures, cold drink bottles etc. Hence, it is necessary to some garages, street, road,

airstrip and railways stations at regular interval. Our sweeper is suitable for all locations,

occasions, effective cleaning depends upon the type of cleaning device, technique, and the

equipment should be user friendly. Cleaning work can be physically demanding and a need has

been identified to developed methods for Systematic efficiency evaluation of new products.

Hence, the present work is aimed to design, development and evaluation of a pedal operated

sweeping machine and this should reduce labour and time. An effort has been made to develop a

mechanically operated sweeping machine so that it can be an alternative for small space

cleaning. On other hand in rural area the road cleaning is done by an manual operated which

renders fatigue hazards like asthma, bronchitis etc. to the worker. [1]. In this work, achieve the

aim of road, cleaning and cleaning below the vehicles that are parked roadside such as cars and

trucks. We are doing some modifications in the present sweeping machine.

1.1 BACKGROUND INFORMATION

Present work is aimed at working of an automated motion controlled machine that could clean

the floor of normal Indian household. Once the machine is put in ON mode it will move all over

the surface without omitting any bit of floor space. Again the machine should avoid the obstacles

on its path. Proper cleaning is achieved by motion of the scrubber which is relatively rotational

in manner. The cleaning process is carried out by making the floor wet and scrubbing it and

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again making the floor dry. The floor should be dry after the process is complete because wet

floor leads to different sort of problems as discussed above. For this purpose vacuum pumps are

to be used. The cleaning also meet challenges like which type of debris it will meet. So dry

cleaning arrangements are installed. This leads to proper cleaning when heavier particles are

there as debris particle. Thus leading to proper cleaning of the surface. There may be oily

surfaces in some cases. To counter act this situation necessary disinfectants are to be used. 4

wheel drive mechanism should be used for proper control of the machine. To control all the

motors and vacuum pumps basically micro controller of Aurdino type is used. For completing

the motion all over the surface spiral mechanism and particle swarm optimization method is

being utilized. Image sensing technique for avoiding obstacles are to be used. Optimization

methods are used for increasing efficiency of movement algorithm. It ensures no repeatability of

the motion over a certain space. Basically we are to design a portable machine that could move

automatically all over the floor surface avoiding obstacles and cleaning the floor.

1.2 Objectives

2 To design and develop garage cleaning machine capable of cleaning all area around the garage

as well as around space compound.

3 To make machine operate manually so that it does not require any power supply.

4 To make the machine economical.

5 To design, fabricate and test wheeled sweeper motor as the mechanism.

6 To reduce the cost of purchasing wheeled sweeper machine in that the materials are locally

available and are relatively cheap.

7 To increase the speed of the work in the workshop or street done by the sweeper machine and

also reduce the human effort that would have otherwise been used when doing manually.

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1.3 Project hypothesis

1.4 Problem statement

The present work is aimed at designing a compact floor cleaner that can be useful for hanger

station purpose. The complete process of the machine starts from the front vacuum pump. It is

used to suck dry debris from the floor. This is very much useful for the purpose of pre-cleaning

the surfaces having heavier dirt particles. The debris thus sucked has to be stored so that it could

be removed later. This is achieved by using a 12v vacuum pump with a debris chamber attached

to it. The next aim is to make the surface wet which is carried out by sprinkling water on the

floor. The aim is achieved by using a motor and a sprinkler system. This system has a shower

like outlet and a chamber whose outlet is controlled by a dc motor pump. To clean the surface

scrubber has to move or scrub over the floor. The dirt should be completely removed and the

debris laden water will flow towards the rear of the bot. the scrubber is fixed to the chassis using

clamps. The construction of the scrubber includes fixing one side to the motor and the other to

the ball bearing. The bearing is clamped to the chassis. At the rear of the system a vacuum

mechanism is used to suck the debris laden dirty water. This is also the same type of pump and

the chamber. Hence the total system can be sub-divided into different parts, such as:

1. Chassis
2. Vacuum pumps
3. Sprinkler system
4. Scrubber
5. Motor driver
6. Wheels

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1.5 Future Scope

In future dust particle are clean. In future speed for cleaning can be increase. Common

person can buy this product for earning their lively hood. This of machine will be used in

airstrip, hanger and garage. Common person can buy this easily. Cleaning will be lot easier. Use

an energy generative vehicle.

1.7 Significance of the study

 A hanger sweeper cleans the streets, usually in urban areas.

 Hunger sweepers have been employed in cities since sanitation and waste removal

Become a priority.

 Used as an energy generative vehicle.

 Suitable for dust removal of large areas of dry grounds and wood floors.

BILL OF MATERIALS

Serial Item Description Quantity Unit price Amount

number

01 Vacuum Rotatory vane 1 15000 2500

pumps pump

02 Driver and Aluminum alloy or 1 1500 1500

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 driven gear carbon fiber

03 Belt Plain carbon or 1 1000 1000

alloy steel

04 Electric 0.5 Horse power 1 9000 2500

motor

05 Springs 1.7x0.25 2 500 1000

06 Flat bar 5Mx2inches thick 1 1000 1000

07 Pedal 9x20outside 1 2000 1500

crankshaft diameter 14.2mm

inside diameter

13mm

08 Bolts 8.8 gauge 10 20 200

3x1

09 Nuts 3\8 10 10 100

10 Wheels 200mmx50mmx3m 5 1000 3500

11 Sprinkler Impact sprinkler 1 1000 1000

system heavy duty

12 Chassis Tubular chassis 1 3000 3000

13 Scrubber Steel scrubber 1 400 400

TOTAL Ksh

14,800/=

Block diagram.

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