BATANGAS STATE UNIVERSITY

College of Engineering, Architecture and Fine Arts

Alangilan, Batangas City
Electronics, Instrumentation and Control
and Mechatronics Engineering Department

HYDRAULICS AND ELECTRO-HYDRAULICS - MexE 404

TOPIC PROPOSAL

AUTOMATED SEDIMENT SEPARATOR

Group Members:

Blanco, Elvince L.
Castillo, Franz Mariel M.
Mariano, Maria Adel P.
Paygane, Aubrey Lauren S.
Silang, Jhayrald C.
Topacio, Neal Kenneth G.

Group Number 1

ICE-4101

Engr. Ferdinand Delos Reyes

Instructor

October 26,2019
INTRODUCTION

Our prototype is named Automated Sediment Separator. This is an automated hydraulic

separator of different sizes of pebbles. A hydraulic jack and a conveyor will be used for pouring
the sediments to be sorted. It is composed of three layers of strainers that has different sizes. The
first two layers of strainers has their corresponding conveyors to deliver the sorted pebbles to their
respective containers while the strained pebbles at the bottom layer will be directly placed in a
container underneath the three strainers. We will use dc motor for the movement straining
application. The sorted sediments at the first two layers are then delivered by a conveyor to a lift
mainly being a hydraulic jack that just go up and down to the storage of each sorted sediments.
Our prototype will have a three different output from a one input, from mixed sediments as an
input and three different outputs based from its size mainly from being large particles, medium
particles and lastly a finer particles than the first two layers.

STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM

Nowadays, construction industry is still doing the traditional way of straining pebbles and
sand to be used for cement mixing. We will conduct this project for faster and reliable separation
of sediments that will be a big help to the construction workers. It is necessary to separate large,
medium and tiny pebbles because in construction there is an ideal size of pebbles for different
types of concrete and finishes. Traditional way of straining pebbles is very time consuming and
requires a lot manpower, that having been said our solution is automated sediment separator not
only it will help the construction workers it’ll also fasten the process of construction and will
greatly lessens the loss of wasted sediments in the process.

OBJECTIVES

In order to accomplish our project we set some objectives to make our project efficiently.

 To design a project using the application of knowledge in hydraulics.

 To fabricate a sediments sorter that can separate small, medium and large pebbles.
 To create a prototype that is efficient and reliable in terms of separation which can
contribute in the construction industry.

SIGNIFICANCE OF THE STUDY

The focus of this project is very beneficial for our construction workers. This will make
their job faster and simplified, therefore minimizes their work and wasted sediments. Our
prototype will make the straining process easier, reliable and more efficient for the workers. It will
lessen the straining time process and it will also be safer for the employees. Faster rate of
production will be observed. Nowadays the traditional way of doing this process requires three or
more workers working side by side to do each of their part in the said process thus increase
manpower needed and time consuming. After they filter the finer sediments to be used they used
to just throw the unfiltered sediments which is then turned into waste. Our project not only benefits
the workers but also the contractor because now that its sorted into each of their sizes now they
can use other sediments sizes for other purposes not just the finer particles, thus minimizing the
wasted construction materials.

Proposed project design diagram: