MAHARASHTRA STATE BOARD OF TECHNICAL EDUCATION, MUMBAI

SYNOPSIS REPORT

ON

“Forearms Power Generator Machine”

Submitted By

Jaid Khan Himanshu Mandavagde Sanjaydeep Chahande

Sarang Milmile Akshay Supar

For the partial fulfilment of Diploma in Mechanical Engineering

Guided By

Mr. Suraj Gajbhiye

DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

ABHA GAIKWAD-PATIL COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING, NAGPUR

POLYTECHNIC

2021-2022
 ABHA GAIKWAD-PATIL
College of Engineering
Polytechnic, Nagpur
SESSION 2021-2022

CERTIFICATE

This is to Certify that the project title “Forearms Power Generator Machine” Is a Bonafide
work done under my guidance by fifth semester student of this Institute and is submitted to
Maharashtra State Board of Technical Education Mumbai for the partial fulfillment of a
requirement for the award of diploma in Engineering at Mechanical Engineering.

Jaid Khan Himanshu Mandavagde Sanjaydeep Chahande

Sarang Milmile Akshay Supare

Mr. Suraj gajbhiye Mr. Sandeep Barkamkar

Guide Head of Department

Prof. Vijay Bagdi Dr. Prashant Kadu

Dean Principal,
AGPCE, Nagpur
 DECLARATION

The Project title “Forearms Power Generator Machine” is our own work carried out under the
guidance of Mr. Suraj Gajbhiye department of Mechanical Engineering at Abha Gaikwad-Patil
College of Engineering Polytechnic Nagpur as far as our knowledge is work in the same form or
any other form is not submitted by us or anyone else for use for award of any diploma.

PROJECTEE

Jaid Khan
Himanshu Mandavagde
Sanjaydeep Chahande
Sarang Milmile
Akshay Supare
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

A deep sense gratitude to project guide Mr. Suraj Gajbhiye sir whose overall direction and
guidance has been responsible for the successful completion of this project. We would like to thank
all the faculty of mechanical engineering department who motivated throughout in spite of their
schedules and commitments. Our sincere thanks to Mr. Yogesh Ramteke sir head of the
department, mechanical engineering for the encouragement and guidance provided. Special note
of thanks to Dr.prashant kadu Principal, nsakcet and management of nsakcet for providing
facilities for project. And also we thank almighty for bestowing upon us all his blessings for
compilation of this project. We would like to express our depth of gratitude to our parents for
supporting us and motivating toward studies.
 ABSTRACT

We hereby make use of an energy harvester system that moves in response to movement of the
motion of an forearms exercise machine for converting kinetic energy of the forearms exercise
equipment into electrical power. Our system makes use of the gripping rod connected to spring
based motorized mechanism having rack pinion arrangement and multiple motors to power the
system and generate power.
The system aims to provide resistance to forearms movement while generating power from the
same thus serving dual purpose. The machine makes use of 3 motor arrangement to provide 3
levels of generation capability. The machine aims to generate electricity through horizontal motion
created while working our forearms. The spring based mechanism allows for efficient resistance
settings in the machine as needed. Increased resistance leads to increased power generation in the
machine.
The intention of this project is to design a renewable energy source based around a piece of
exercise equipment. The energy expended in a typical workout at the gym is usually wasted in the
mechanics of the equipment. This project harnessed the mechanical energy of the machine and
converted it to electrical energy using a generator-based system. The exercise equipment, attached
to the shaft of the generator. Thus produced electrical energy is used in powering a piece of
equipment such as lamp or a computer while exercising. This report will introduce the project and
present all applicable information regarding the design, development, and the final product. This
project will help one develop engineering skills while learning about a clean way of generating
electricity. The modern challenge faced with the global energy situation is the growing
energy demand and the strong dependence on unsustainable fossil fuels. Another concurrent issue
is the adverse health and socio-economic implications of adult obesity. This Gym Power
Generation Machine project, which uses metabolized human energy to generate electrical power,
could potentially address both these challenges.
 CONTENTS

i. Certificate
ii. Declaration
iii. Abstract
iv. Contents

CHAPTER - I

INTRODUCTION 1

CHAPTER - II

SIGNIFICANCE 2

CHAPTER - III

GEOMETRY 3

CHAPTER - IV

DESIGN AND OBJECTIVES ` 4-6

4.1 Design Procedure 4
4.2 Objectives 5
4.3 Implementation 6
CHAPTER - V

CONSTUCTION AND WORKING 7-9

5.1Constuction 7
5.2 Working 8
5.3 Application 9

CHAPTER - VI
PERFORMANCE 10

CHAPTER - VII
COMPONENTS 11

CHAPTER - VIII
CONCLUSION 12

CHAPTER - IX
PROJECT SCHEDULE 13

CHAPTER - X
REFERENCE 14
1. INTRODUCTION

In today’s growing word pull up pull down power is the transfer of energy from a human source
through the use of rack and pinion system. This technology is most commonly used for gym Centre
or house. less commonly gym power is used to power agricultural and hand tools and even to
generate electricity. Some application includes battery charge home appliance.

The articles on this page are about the many wonderful application for power generation by gym
technology. Whenever the person is allowed to pass over the gym pull up pull down. As the spring
are attached to gym equipment’s, they get compressed and the rack, which is attached to, the
bottom of the rod moves down reciprocating motion of rack in to rotary with certain RPM these
shafts are connected through a chain drive to the dynamos, which converts the mechanical energy
into electrical energy. Man has needed and used energy at an increasing rate for his sustenance and
well-being ever since he came on earth for few million years ago. Due to this lot of energy
resources have been exhausted and wasted. Proposal for the utilization of waste energy of power
generation by gym is very much relevant and important for highly populated countries like India
and china the people are crazy about gym. In this project we are generating electrical power as
nonconventional method by simply pull up and pull down. Nonconventional energy system is very
essential at this time to our nation. Nonconventional energy using pull up pull down is converting
mechanical energy into electrical energy. In this project the conversion of force energy into
electrical energy.

The use of human-power in more efficient manner for generation has been possible due to modern
technology. Pull up pull down power is an excellent source of energy, 95 percentage of the exertion
put into pull up pull down power converted into energy. A human-powered electricity generation
has been unveiled by company. In this apparatus, the user has to pull up pull down the gym
equipment for generating power.

1.1 Purpose of Project

The ‘Power generation through forearm machine’ Project has developed an enhanced exercise
system focused on improving the efficiency of current energy-harvesting equipment. This report
has been created for the purpose of presenting all information regarding the research, design,
processes, materials, work schedule, and completed model of the project. The central concept
involves harnessing energy from an exercise machine through the use of a generator.

1.2 Health & Safety

The Center for Disease Control and Prevention has monitored obesity as it has steadily increased
over the past 20 years. The National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey reveal that 32.7
percent of Indian adults 20 years and older are overweight while 34.3 percent are obese. The
introduction of energy harvesting exercise machines may motivate people to exercise and maintain
a healthy lifestyle.

The Doctors suggests that adults take part in at least 2 hours and 30 minutes of aerobic activity
each week. This recommended amount of exercise could amount up to 250Wh of energy a week.
The retrofitted exercise machines will undoubtedly provide a positive health benefit for many
individuals. For some, being able to relate calories burned to electricity produced will provide
continual motivation and incentives to work out.

A main concern for the new machines is their safety. The retrofitted exercise machines should be
functionally equivalent to its OEM counterpart. The public should be able to easily operate the
energy harvesting machines without injuring themselves or damaging the machines. The exercise
machines should also be properly installed into the building’s infrastructure to avoid electrical
interruptions. This includes concealing all electrical equipment from public access to avoid misuse
and injury. The machines and associated equipment should be manufactured and fitted to anticipate
conditions of use in the Rack Center.

2. WORKING PRINCIPLE

A rack and pinion is a type of linear actuator that comprises a circular gear (the pinion) engaging
a linear gear (the rack), which operate to translate rotational motion into linear motion. Driving
the pinion into rotation causes the rack to be driven linearly. Driving the rack linearly will cause
the pinion to be driven into a rotation. A rack and pinion drive can use both straight and helical
gears. Helical gears are preferred due to their quieter operation and higher load bearing capacity.
The maximum force that can be transmitted in a rack and pinion mechanism is determined by the
tooth pitch and the size of the pinion.

A gym powered electric generator provides a method of generating electricity by means of a

modified stationary gym equipment for use in electrical energy 1 storage and running household
or other appliances. Human/mechanical energy is converted into electrical by means of an electric
generator that is connected to exercise equipment. As result the energy created by the generator
can be stored in various types of lead-acid batteries which may then be tapped at a later time, after
dark for example, when the energy is needed to power lights or else. If AC appliances are in place,
then an inverter must be used to transfer the DC current into the standard 230 volts of AC current
for usage by these appliances.

We hereby make use of an energy harvester system that moves in response to movement of the
motion of a gym exercise machine for converting kinetic energy of the exercise equipment into
electrical power. Our system makes use of the gripping rod connected to spring based motorized
mechanism having rack pinion arrangement and multiple motors to power the system and generate
power. The system aims to provide resistance to exercise movement while generating power from
the same thus serving dual purpose. The machine makes use of 1-3 motor arrangement to provide
3 levels of generation capability.

The machine aims to generate electricity through horizontal motion Fig -1: Name of the figure
created while workout. The spring based mechanism.

3. LITERATURE REVIEW

When the energy intake of humans is considered, a large potential seems apparent. Considering
the standard 2000kcal of daily consumption (97W of power in, on average), humans take in about
8.368MJ or 2324Wh of energy every single day. This is approximately the same amount of energy
stored in the typical car battery (2400Wh). However, the expenditure of energy for common tasks
is relatively high as well as seen

In Table 1 Also; Table 2.2 shows some values for maximum power that can be captured as a result
of human activity.

Table -1: Energy Consumption Rates of Common Human

Activity Power consumed (w)

Sleeping 81
Sitting 116
Swimming 582
Splitting 1630
Hence, the available energy that can be captured over a short period of time is in reality quite
limited. To replace just one of the largest capacity coal power plants in the United States (Arizona
Public Service Co, Palo Verde, AZ) would require approximately the population of 2 New York
City metro areas to be riding human power generating bicycle:

The obvious impracticality of this figure shows why the scope thus far in human power generation
has been limited to lower power applications such as consumer electronics

Producing 1800 watts for a few seconds should be within the range of the best power lifters and
perhaps for up to a minute. Remember 1 watt means applying a force of 1 Newton through a
distance of 1 meter in 1 second. So if you lifted 1 kg, that’s 9.8, Newton’s of force, about
10newtons, for 1 meter in 1 second that would be 10 watts. So lifting 180 kg, 1-meter-high in 1
second would be 1800 watts. The best power lifters can do squats of several times their body
weight for 1 rep. Let’s say the power lifter weighed 100 kg, about 220 lbs.

He might be able to do 3 times his weight for a single rep. That would be 300 kg. But remember
he’s actually raising his own weight as well. So he’s actually lifting 4 times his weight, 400 kg for
this one rep. For a male of average height, he might be raising this over a distance of 1 meter. So
doing 1800 watts of power for one minute would be like giving this power lifter a weight of only
60 kg (for a total weight of 180 kg) and doing squats with this light weight for the high number of
reps of 1 per second over one minute. This would be possible for a weight so much lighter than
their usual 1 rep maximum weight.

3.1 Calories to Watts

First keep in mind that Watts and Calories are two different units of measurement that can’t be
directly converted back and forth. However, if you use Watt-Hours instead of just “Watts” you
then have a way to convert to calories. Here are the steps: Convert Watt-Hours to Watt Seconds
(Joules), then convert Joules to Calories, and then adjust Calories with human body efficiency
factor. So for this example let’s assume that 11 you provide pedal power to a 100 Watt television
for one hour. Since one Joule is equal to one Watts X Seconds you perform dimensional analysis
and get:

100Watt-hours X (3600 seconds / 1 Hour) = 360,000 J

Now use the conversion factor:

1 cal = 4.184 J to convert Joules to Calories

360,000 J / 4.184 = 86,042 Calories

When you look at the label of Oreo cookies or other food items at the store, the term “Calories” is
really (Kilo-Calories). So you divide by 1000 to get 86 Calories. Assuming that your body is about
25% efficient when cycling you divide by 0.25: Calories burned running a 100 Watt Television
for 1 hour = 86 / 0.25 = 344 which is about equivalent to one piece of pizza.

4. COMPONENTS USED FOR POWER GENERATION

DC Motor with Gearbox

1000RPM 12V DC geared motors for robotics applications. Very easy to use and available in
standard size. Nut and threads on shaft to easily connect and internal threaded shaft for easily
connecting it to wheel.

Fig 2: DC Motor with Gearbox

These motors are simple DC Motors featuring gears for the shaft for obtaining the optimal
performance characteristics. They are known as Center Shaft DC Geared Motors because their
shaft extends through the center of their gearbox assembly. Nut and threads on the shaft to easily
connect and internally threaded shaft for easily connecting it to the wheels This DC Motor –
1000RPM – 12Volts can be used in all-terrain robots and a variety of robotic applications. These
motors have a 3 mm threaded drill hole in the middle of the shaft thus making it simple to connect
it to the wheels or any other mechanical assembly.
5. RESULT

We construct innovative exercise equipment for generating electricity. By using gym equipment,
Dynamo, capacitor bank, rectifier circuit and LED lamp. We successfully take the 12 V output
supply and it is used to light 3v led and 5v. When the exercise machine is not used, the main supply
is used to charge the battery. So the battery also charges while the exercise machine is not in use.
So provide a continuous supply.

6. CONCLUSIONS

This design and implement an innovative exercise equipment to generate electrical power for the
house appliances. Energy storage is deemed necessary and important within renewable energy
systems to ensure stability of the system. Reciprocating motion driven generation and storage will
drastically increase reliability of the smart system. These models vary in complexity and accuracy
and therefore the model chosen must match the application for which it is needed. It will be very
helpful for the rural areas. In this day where the world is challenged to be more responsible in its
sourcing of electrical power, the method of human power generation could be a solution that also
helps mitigate the issue of obesity and overweight. If additional design and study of this concept
proves it effective in energy use reduction, localized energy delivery and sustainability education,
it could efficiently answer the three great challenges; source of electrical power, reducing the
emission of CO2 to the atmosphere

REFERENCES

➢ www.google.com

➢ www.nevonproject.com

➢ https://doku.pub