DESIGN & FABRICATION OF ROAD

MAINTENANCE MACHINE

Project carried out by

AKSHAY SANTHOSH LVIT16ME036
AKSHAY RAJAN LVIT16ME035
ANSON P GEORGE VIT16ME013
HARIKRISHNAN P.A VIT15ME034
Under the guidance of
AVINESH PYARILAL
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical
 OBJECTIVES
• To design and fabricate a miniature model of machine for quick
repairing of potholes of at most 30 cm diameter
• To incorporate all the processes included in the conventional
road repairing, as like cleaning of pothole, spraying of tack coat
onto it, mixing of asphalt and roller compaction into a single
machine unit
• To repair a pothole and seal it within 15 minutes
• Skilled labours are not required to repair pothole
 NEED OF THE PROJECT

• To reduce the accidents caused by the bad road conditions

• Reduce the transportation time
• Minimize the traffic jam caused by the bad road condition
• Avoid damage to the vehicle by irregular road conditions
• To improve efficiency of vehicles
• Provid better comfort journey
STATEMENT OF HOW THE OBJECTIVES
ARE TO BE SATISFIED
• It is observed that there are lot of machines available in order to patch
pothole.
• But all the machines require heavy labour, time, cost etc. Repairing
few potholes in a road, using these heavy machines won’t be
economical and road maintenance department normally don’t go for it.
• As a result the pothole spreads and become bigger to make worse
condition on road. Hence, it is necessary to control pothole from its
beginning stage itself in order to prevent it from further spreading
 BASIC IDEA
• The road maintenance machine mainly consists of compressor, tack
coat spraying unit mixer unit, vibrating roller unit
• Compressor-Used to make pressurized air to clean the pothole
• Tack coat spraying unit-It sprays tack coat to pothole
• Mixer- The function of mixer, is to mix the asphalt bitumen, stone
chips in uniform proportion and ensure the heat is properly used so as
to melt the mix and hence forming the required aggregate for pothole
sealing
• Roller unit-It is used to roll the aggregates that are deposited in the
path hole and that help to bond between aggregates
BASIC DESIGN DRAWING
 EXPECTED RESULT
• Within 15 minutes we can fix a pothole of 30cm diameter
• Compact design
• Easily operable
• Don't require skilled labour
 BENEFITS
• Cover the potholes
• Reduce the accidents
• Increase the transportation efficiency
• Reduce the block
• Compact design
 WORK PLAN
SL PROPOSED
NO TASKS FINISHING DATE

1 Literature survey 31st October 2019

2 Making a simple drawing or outline sketch 31st October 2019

3 Detailed design of the project. 10th November 2019

4 Cost estimation 15th November 2019

5 Collecting components 30th November 2019

6 Machining components 30th December 2019

7 Assemling 15th January 2020

8 Test run 20th January 2020

9 Modification 30th January 2020

10 Final presentation 2020 February 9