A study on the applications of vibratory motor for material handling vehicles

Abstract

This work aims at improving the efficiency and safety of the tipper trucks while in action. This project focused on performing a detailed analysis of the performance, safety, and cost aspects of the present techniques of achieving that. The pros and cons of incorporating a vibrator for the tipper truck are studied. This involved extensive FEA analysis in the preliminary stage. The structural, vibrational, and fatigue analysis is done for the critical components which helped in deciding the feasibility of incorporating such a mechanism. The critical components for the analysis are the base of the truck body, trunnion, brackets for mounting the telescopic cylinder, and the vibratory motor. The CAD models are prepared according to the industry standards and analyses are performed. Random data for forced vibration is generated, which is used to perform analyses on the components in FEA. Experimentation on a scaled-down model is also conducted to get the real-time data for the system. A vibration sensor would be incorporated using Arduino, and the acceleration data of vibration are recorded and compared by the theoretical values. A comparative study for the stability analysis is done, with and without the vibrator. A detailed report for the change in stroke length, pump pressure/flow requirement, etc. is formed and compared. The improvement in efficiency of dumping, time-saving and various other parameters is also considered. The cost aspect of rolling this system in the market is also studied.