Islamic University ‫الجامعة اإلسالمية كليه‬

Faculty of Engineering ‫الهندسة قسم الهندسة‬

Department of Mechanical
Engineering ‫الميكانيكية‬

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ME 323
Theory Of Machines

Term 431- winter 2021

PROJECT – PART- 3
Project Abstract

[CO_7; PI_1_10;SO_1]

Submitted By
Group 2
Name: Ahmad Adam (leader) signature:_
Name: Abdullah Mulawi signature:_
Name: Abdulbari Hussien signature:_
Name: Mohammed Tahhan signature:

Submitted To

Dr. Sohaib Zia Khan

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 Islamic University ‫الجامعة اإلسالمية‬
Faculty of Engineering ‫كليه الهندسة‬
Department of Mechanical
Engineering ‫قسم الهندسة الميكانيكية‬

ME 323 – THEORY OF MACHINES

Term 412 - Spring 2020
PROJECT – PART- 4
PROJECT PROPOSAL
GRADING TABLE
[CO_8; PI_3_8; SO_3] Affective: Internalizing values Develop an elaborate project proposal for the design of a mechanism
related to theory of machines such as gears, cams etc.: provide a summarized project abstract; reference literature survey
detailing the construction (components, dimensions), manufacturability (material, facility, costs) and operation (schematic
and text detailing inter-related motions) of the mechanism; provide design specifications (customer requirements and
constraints); discuss manufacturability of the design (facilities, materials required and costs); provide a detailed project
implementation schedule in the form of a Gantt chart.

Project Title: Dwell slider linkage mechanism

Contents Maximum Allotted Remarks
Marks Marks
Title Page 5
Formatting Rules, Grammar and Sentence 10
Structure
Project Abstract 10
Literature Survey
15

Design specifications
• Customer requirements 20
• Constraints
Manufacturability
• Facilities and
• Materials required 20
• Costs

List of references 10

Gantt chart (along with meeting scheduale)

10

Total 100

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Name, Family Name :_Abdulbari Hussein____________ID # :392027463___________
Name, Family Name :Abdullah Mulawi_______________ID # :392026873___________
Name, Family Name :Ahmed Adam__________________ID # :392027063___________
Name, Family Name :Mohammed Tahhan_____________ID # :392027113___________

Coordinator: Dr Sohaib Zia Khan

Signature:

Table of Content

1. Cover page......................................................................1
2. Project abstract..............................................................4
3. Literature survey...........................................................5
4. Design specification.......................................................6
5. Costumers requirment..................................................6
6. Constrains…………………………………………………7
7. Manufacturability………………………………………...8
8. Manufacturing process…………………………………...8
9. The cost..........................................................................9
10.Gannt chart....................................................................10
11. The reference...............................................................10

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PROJECT ABSTRACT

The mechanism that we chose for our project called dwell slider linkage, which
is about linkages connected to a slider in such a way that the motion of linkages
causes motion to the slider in a uniform motion. This type of project
(mechanism project) desires specific needs to have a good efficiency when the
project starts functioning.

Firstly, where can we use this project and who is interested in it, how the dwell
slider linkage works, what kind of mechanism this project is following, and how
does the motion transfer between the components.

Secondly, how can we specify the design of the project, and what are the
constraints we should follow, all these commitments used to achieve the
customer requirements. Our goal is to manufacture the project easily and
affordably so that we would not lose much money and to obtain the customer
requirements.

Lastly, the facilities we use to manufacture the project and specify the type of
materials in which the total cost would not be expensive for the teamwork and
the customers.

After a lot of discussion among the members to find the best methods to follow
all the instruments in making the project, the plan has been made and it will be
explained in detail in the further pages.

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LITERATURE SURVEY

The dwell slider linkage mechanism is made of six linkages that work in the sink
to achieve a successful movement. The reciprocating movement of the slider
that is obtained during this process is generated by a motor that transforms
energy to the crank, subsequently, the crank movement will cause the movement
of the connecting linkages, which will eventually cause the movement of the
slider.
The energy transformed into the crank can not only be generated by a motor, it
can also be generated manually by a person rotating the crank. The manual
rotating of the crank is not practically preferred because of the loss of time and
energy which can lead to different implications some of which are not well-
liked.

The dwell slider linkage mechanism concept is used in several applications, one
of these applications is raising and lowering car windows. The mechanism
inside car windows is compact and consists of several parts but the main part is
the slider mechanism. To achieve the motion of car windows a simple crank,
gear, and slider arrangement is required, as shown in the figure below.

Figure(1)

The rotation of the crank will cause the movement of different parts of the
mechanism, the end motion will either push or pull the window. In this design of
the window we have two sliders to support the movement of the window, this is
because a small difference in friction could cause an imbalance which would
lead to a non-straight movement of the window.

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One end of the two sliders is connected to another slider at the bottom, these two
sliders are connected via linkages, those linkages are pivoted in the middle while
their other ends are connected to the sliders.

Similarly to the mechanism of car windows, the slider linkage mechanism

concept is introduced in other applications, mainly in industrial applications
such as loading and unloading parts, transporting a part to a machine and
holding it in place for a manufacturing process, and also in assembly lines,
packaging machinery, machine tools. [1]

The slider linkage mechanism concept is also used in other applications such as
weightlifting equipment, and folding gates and it's also used in some computer
keyboards.

DESIGN SPECIFICATION

Costumer requirements
Many factors affect the customer's opinion, these factors will play an important
role and determining if the customer will look at the project as the desired
product or not, in our project we focused on many factors such as price , quality,
Sustainability, and the Convenience.

We already know that product quality is a very important factor, and it aims to
help the customer to reach the highest level of comfort when he uses the
product, also when the product is working efficiently with the customer we call
that the product quality. In our project we have six linkages, the Friction
between any one of them will cause damage to the mechanism and may affect
the movement of the mechanism ,and as a team we know that any error in the
dimensions or in the design will cause friction between the linkages, therefore
this bad design will affect the movement of the mechanism, therefore it will
affect the quality of the product, so we put all our effort to calculate the proper
dimensions for all parts, and we have made sure when the mechanism will be
manufactured it will move properly.

As teamwork, we know the importance of the environment, and we appreciate

that since many customers look for environmentally friendly products, so we
looked to find materials that could be recycled, therefore our project is
environmentally friendly.

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 Also, we focused on the price in our Dwell Slider Linkage Mechanism, we can
use many materials in the manufacturing, choosing low-cost materials will
reduce the total cost for the project and this product will be a good choice for the
customer especially if these materials do not affect on the efficiency of the
product.

Constrains

One of our major concerns is how the Dwell Slider Linkage moves. We have
decided to provide the highest amount of convenience for the customer, we have
been looking for the easiest way to move it. As a result, we have been selecting
the proper way to move the mechanism . One option is to use the manual
selections by employing some kind of handles, the second option is to use the
DC motor to move it automatically. Therefore, because the second option will
make life easier, we chose the second option.

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MANUFACTUREABILITY

The manufacturing process helps to understand the mechanism properly, we

must manufacture a real model that shows the way the mechanism works. The
mechanism should work with high efficiency, with particular dimensions and
good materials.

Manufacturing Process

Since we have less knowledge about manufacturing a project, we faced a hard

time determining the techniques and the methods we should use to manufacture
our project. After several meetings, we put a plan to manufacture the parts of our
project that we are capable of manufacturing, such as the linkages and the slider.
But for the parts that we were not capable of manufacturing such as the Arduino
and the motor we decided to buy them.

A dwell slider linkage mechanism can be manufactured by different methods

such as laser cutting or carpentry. And since the laser cutting method is
expensive, we decided to manufacture it using the carpentry method and create
our links and slider using wood. The carpentry workshop is where we took all
the materials we needed and manufactured the links in the workshop by using
the dimensions of the links that we obtained, and we took the screw thread from
the workshop as well.

It was not very hard to find the parts that we needed to manufacture our project
since it is made of multiple links that are connected by using screw threads. At
first, we used a big wooden board as a background to attach the dwell slider
linkage to it.

On the wooden board, we designed two parallel holders with a specific distance
between them to help constrain the motion of the slider. The slider will be
covered with a sticky substance to reduce the effect of friction between the
slider and the holders, while the slider is reciprocating to the right and left.

We used two screw threads since we have two fixed points in the dwell slider
linkage mechanism to attach the fixed points of the dwell slider linkage to the
wooden board, and the other four-screw threads to connect the links together.
The dwell slider linkage mechanism is made of six links each of them has its
dimension and a degree of rotation, and all of them are connected, and once one
of them moves all other links will move as well.

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We could not find some parts of the mechanism in the carpentry workshop, such
as the motor and the Arduino. For the Arduino, we ordered it from an online
website since it was only available in particular stores or on online websites.
Regarding the motor, we used a dc motor, which we ordered online, we bought
it used not new.
After manufacturing all the parts, we started the assembly process by connecting
all the parts beginning with attaching the wooden board with the dwell slider
linkage. We attached the first link with the fixed point which is also connected
to the motor, after that, we attached the second link with the first and the third
link by screw threads. The third link is attached with the other fixed point and
second link. The fourth link is attached with the same fixed point and also is
attached with the fifth link. The fifth link is attached to the fourth link on one
end and with the slider on the other link. We programmed the motor by using
the Arduino to control the speed of the rotation.

The project is not highly expensive, since the main material used for
manufacturing is wood, and by using our relations we took some materials such
as the motor from friends for free. The Arduino was not expensive too and we
ordered it from Noon online shop, and the woods and screw threads we bought
from the carpentry workshop.

The costs

Parts Cost Used Material

1x Wooden board 20 S. R Wood
6x Screw threads 30 S. R Iron
6x links 60 S. R Wood
1x slider 10 S. R Wood
2x holders 15 S. R Wood
1x Arduino 60 S. R
1x motor 55 S. R
Total cost 250 S. R

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Grant chart

The reference:
1/ https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dwell_mechanism

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