Design, Analysis & Optimization of Pulp Washer Press

The present project is based on the concept of CAD-CAE and its industrial application. CAD- CAM is very wide field which began with automotive industries and then it spread up in almost all the industries like medical application; mechanical engineering; civil engineering; marine services and such others. Mechanical engineers mainly concern with core industrial processes like manufacturing of steel, forging, casting and many such others. How CAD-CAM-CAE provides assistance and how it can be beneficial to the industry is always been a question mark. For this project pulp washer press in paper industry is reverse engineer for modeling and perform stress analysis on it, for knowing stress distribution, failure causes and its optimization. “Time is money” this phrase became most important phrase for all industries. Now a day, as the market is volatile and life cycle of product is very less which cause frequent changes in a product to meet with customer requirement. To sustain a market most of the industries are trying to developed a new concepts or product with less time and the best possibility of the production. This is possible now a day due to emerging technology called CAD-CAM-CAE. A detailed Finite Element strength analysis can provide valuable information about mechanical stresses in the overall assembly of the pulp washer press. This information is especially useful in regions where the experimental data are barely possible to gather. Mechanical stresses are analyzed using applied torque, in the roller and other mechanical components. The resulting displacement/stress fields may be utilized for the evaluation of operational conditions i.e. stress on hollow shaft of pulp washer press as well as strength and failure resistance of the assembly. Such information contributes to a detailed understanding of the mechanical stresses and failure analysis in pulp washer press assembly under pulp washing operation in paper industry, which is a prerequisite for further optimization of pulp washer press design.