Design and Analysis of Pneumatic Pick & Place Mechanism

In present situation the industrial manufacturers has brought new trends in pneumatic applications in industrial area because due to the continuous availability of compressed air. This project is motivated to reduce time consumed for unloading of the engine valve. This paper proposes a cheap and effective method for design and manufacturing of a two degree of freedom revolute pneumatic pick and place mechanism. With this proposed approach the sequential design intents are captured, organized and implemented based on the entire system objectives. By considering the mechanical arm’s performance objectives, the design starts with modelling the integration of all the individual links constituting the manipulator. During the design process, modifications are made based on integrated information of kinematics, dynamics and structural analysis of the desired configuration as a whole. An optimum assembly design is then achieved with workable sub designs of the components. As a result, the proposed approach for design yields substantially less number of iterations, automatic propagation of design changes and great saving of design efforts. Further with best machining process and cheapest material, catering the strength and machining requirements suitable materials are selected to fulfil the objective.