Design and Development of Hydraulic Jack

Design and development of hydraulic
jack Report Download

This Project Report Is submitted By
Mr. Shivam Patel and His Team
Abstract
Car jack is a device used to lift up the
cars while changing the tires during an
emergency. Car jacks are available at the
market has some disadvantages such as
requiring more energy to operate, are not
suitable for women and cannot be used
on the uneven surface. The purpose
of this project is to modify the design of
the existing car jack in terms of
its functionality and also human factors
considerations. In this project, the scopes
of research were on the designing 1.5 – 3
ton maximum lifting capacity of car jack
by using optimization concept.
To optimize the existing design, the hand
lifter has been replaced by the use of
pedal lever as it can reduce energy
usage. In the process of obtaining a
suitable design, the customer needs will
be translate to the
engineering characteristic to obtain the
concepts that need to be modified
and fabricated. From the house of quality,
the best concept will be valued based on
the weighted rating method. The
morphology chart had been used to
obtain the best concept solution. After the
best concept had been selected using the
weighted rating method, next step was to
determine the part and component that
can be modified by arrange the part
into chunks and clustering with the
component according to the function
or system. From this step, it can be
determined which component can
be reduced or modified.
Then the configuration design was
analyzed According the function factor
and critical issue so that the design
that had been implementing was
according to the specification and
customer requirement. The last step for
this project was parametric design. In
this topic, the new design concept will be
calculated to obtain the required force
and compared with the theoretical
calculation in the table of human factor.
Problem in Existing Mechanical Jack
• Mechanical Jack requires more effort.
• It also requires human effort.
• Not suitable for uneven surfaces.
• More power consumption.
• Maintenance is high.
• Suitable for small capacity.
• Not suitable for woman.
How Hydraulic Jack Work ?
A jack is a mechanical device which uses
a screw thread or a hydraulic cylinder to
lift heavy loads or apply great linear
forces. The most common forms of jacks
available in the market are Scissor car
jacks, House jacks, Hydraulic
jacks, Pneumatic jacksand Strand
jacks that are extensively used in
Construction, Industrial, Automobile and
Engineering segments. In most of the
powerful jacks, hydraulic power is Used
to provide more lift over greater
distances. Mechanical jacks usually have
lifting capacity ranging from 1.5 tons to 3
tons.
Hydraulic jacks are mechanical devices
used to lift heavy loads, vehicles,
weight equipment or apply great forces
using hydraulic fluid as the main
source of power. These are widely used in
automotive, industrial and construction
industries. These are sturdy in
construction, compact in size, portable
and capable of exerting great forces. It
consists of two cylinders of different sizes
which are connected together by a pipe
and a hydraulic fluid or oil.
The hydraulic fluid is incompressible and
using a pump plunger is forced into the
cylinder of the jack. Oil is used
because of its stable and self lubricating
nature. When the plunger pulls back,
oil is drawn out of the reservoir and it
goes inside the pump chamber. When the
plunger moves forward, the oil is pushed
back into the cylinder. This oil movement
builds up pressure in the cylinder. And it
is this pressure which leads to the
working of the hydraulic jack. It also finds
usage in
workshops and also lifts elevators in low
and medium rise buildings.
These can be segmented into two types:
1. Bottle Hydraulic Jack
2. Floor Hydraulic Jack.
Bottles are portable in design; in
these the piston is in a vertical position
and it supports a bearing pad which
touches the object being lifted. Bottle
Hydraulic are most appropriate for lifting
vehicles (cars, trucks, SUVs, trailers),
houses and other heavy objects.
In a Floor Jacks, the piston is in a
horizontal piston and there is a long arm
which provides the vertical motion to a
lifting pad. There are wheels and castors
in floor jacks.
Theworking principleof all hydraulic
jacks is Common but these differ in their
shapes and sizes. Hydraulic jacks
with varied sizes and specifications are
used to lift different types of
heavy equipment and vehicles such as
bulldozers, forklifts, elevators,
trolleys and trailers and excavators.
These can also be found in
household equipments as well like door
stoppers, cars, bikes etc. Hydraulic
Jacks are high in demand across the
globe owing to their sturdy
construction, reliable and hassle free
operation, unparalleled performance,
user-friendly design and less
maintenance.
Design and
development of hydraulic jack Report Download
DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS AND
METHODOLOGY:

• Load (W) = 06 ton (60kN)
• OPERATING PRESSURE (p) = 25 M Pa
• Lift range (L) = 20 cm
• Man effort put on the handle (e) = 20
Kg
• Permissible tensile stress of mild steel
(σt) = 120 N/mm2
• No. of strokes for lifting load (n) = 150
• Factor of safety = 5
• Permissible shear stress of mild steel
(τ) = 20 N/mm2
• Permissible compressive stress of mild
steel (σc) = 20 N/mm2
• Permissible compressive stress of cast
iron (σCI) = 120 N/mm2
• Permissible shear stress of cast iron
(τCI) = 35 N/mm2
Applications of Hydraulic Jack

• Building of field erected storage tanks
• Increasing tank capacity by adding shell
rings or courses
• Dismantling of old tanks
• Repair or replacement of tank bottom
plate
• Repair to tank foundation
• Erection of other circular structures
such as reactor shields in nuclear power
stations, etc
Advantages of Hydraulic Jack
• Hydraulic jack is fluid filled. They work
quick manually or electrically.
• They do not require much work to use
manually.
• Hydraulics Systems use fluids to
transfer energy, fluids work better then
solids as they can take different shape.
• They generally suffer from less damage
due to hard parts rubbing together.
• Easier Inspection.
Disadvantages of Hydraulic Jack
• The downside is maintenance is

required.
• If you use a hydraulic jack to work on a
vehicle, jack stands are a MUST.
• Seal failures can cause a vehicle on a
jack to drop without warning.
• This type of jack also requires more
storage space and can be quite heavy.

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