Project topic: Design and manufacture of vibrating

parts tumbling and polishing machine.

• A Vibrating parts tumbling and polishing machine is a machine used for mass cleaning and
polishing of small parts and components such as iron bolts, nuts, brass components etc. at
one go a process called tumbling.

• Tumbling or tumble finishing, also known as tumbling or rumbling is a technique for

smoothing and polishing a rough surface on relatively small parts in large numbers. In the
field of metal working it is sometimes called barrelling, or barrel finishing. Metal tumbling
is used to burnish, deburr, clean, radius, de-flash, descale, remove rust, polish, brighten,
surface harden, prepare parts for further finishing, and break off die cast runners.
 Chapter one
• Introduction
• Background to the problem
• Problem statement
• Aim
• Objectives
• Scope
• Justification of the problem
• Time plan
• Definition of terms
• Limitations and delimitations
 Chapter two: literature review
• Introduction
• Tumblers/ part cleaners
• Types of tumblers and cleaning techniques
• Cleaning media
• Design of machine components
• Eccentric mass systems
• Belt drives
• Electric motors
chapter three: methodology
• Introduction
• Identification of customers needs
• Selecting product concepts
• Concept screening matrix
• Design of machine components
Chapter four: findings and
results
• Introduction
• Project findings
• Components of the vibratory tumbler
• Project duration and timing
• Costing
• Testing
Chapter five
• Introduction
• Conclusion
• Recommendation
• Summary
References
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