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Automatic Wall Painter. Nicole SantaLucia Senior Design 2A. The Problem. The problem I worked to solve this year was inefficient industrial and home painting techniques. The Solution.
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Automatic Wall Painter Nicole SantaLucia Senior Design 2A
The Problem • The problem I worked to solve this year was inefficient industrial and home painting techniques.
The Solution • I chose to design an automatic wall painter that couldoperate using electronic components and a hydraulic lifting/lowering system. • I combined a hydraulic elevator platform and an aerosol-operated inkjet printer system to designa mechanism that, if constructed, would go up and down and across walls, speedily and accurately painting as it moved.
Community Impact • The development of an automatic wall painter could save hours of individual work time and worker effort, in companies and in homes across the country. Painting both large industrial buildings and houses can be a taxing and time-consuming task that could be more easily and much more quickly accomplished by a machine.
Pre-Engineering Sequence • This project targeted the Electronics and Robotics sequence of the pre-engineering branch. The automatic wall painter I designed would function through the use of electronic components and hydraulics. The Electronics and Robotics sequence of the pre-engineering branch works to teach students about the use of such electronic components and knowledge of robotics in designing and building other machines.
Engineering Concepts • This project integrated Electrical engineering in that I designed an automatic wall painter that would operate using electronic components and a hydraulic lifting/lowering system. • This project also incorporated Mechanical engineering, as I utilized AutoCAD and Inventor softwareto produce technical drawings of the automatic wall painter I designed.
STEM Concepts • Technology Technical drawings- I created technical drawings of the painter in AutoCAD and Inventor. I was a Basic Technical Drawing student last year, where I learned the skills to complete this task. • Engineering Automatic wall painter- I used my knowledge of electronics and robotics to design an automatic wall painter that would contain circuitry and run off of a rechargeable battery power source. I gained the skills and understanding necessary to complete this task in my Electronics I & II and Robotics classes.
The budget • Materials List • Printing paper and binding at FedEx and Kinkos • Printing: $0.09 x 60 = $5.40, Comb binding: $5.00 • Total= $10.40 + tax
About The budget • I originally considered constructing this machine. However, the size of the robot and the cost of the parts that would have been needed to build it were simply infeasible.
Google Calendar • My Google Calendar has been mostly on track with my timeline throughout this project • The first draft of the original project proposal was due October 1 • The final draft of the original proposal was due October 15 • The deadline for my new project proposal was December 8 • The deadline for project construction was March 15 • The Davinci gallery was due May 1
Research • After researching different types of hydraulic elevator platforms, I decided a scissor lift was best fit for this project. • Another important decision was the type of paint. The paint that I found to be quickest, most convenient, and most portable was spray paint. • For these reasons, the painter is designed to have 3 cans of spray paint in the casing that spray out paint as it moves. • A high torque motor would also have to be used for this machine. It would attach to the platform and move the mechanism up and down.
