DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF MOTHER MOULD OF HYDRAULIC PRESS

Accurate die fixing is an important stage of the hydraulic press with the precised value of clearance. At present the hydraulic press depend on the fixing of die inside the moul d cavity with help of mechanical wedges. This kind of die fixing take around four hours and three men for fixing it after every cycle to produce a limited number of bricks. This project is mainly concentrated to avoid the time consumption and reduce the nu mber of man power required to fix the die. For that the wedges can be replaced with the help of pneumatic cylinder having the capacity to withstand 200 bar pressure to lock the die. The drafting is done by using the solidworks (2012) software and the struc tural analysis is done by using ANSYS workbench14.0 according to the standards. The bill of materials and cost estimation are prepared. The cost of manufacturing is estimated as Rs. 13,617 including all allowances.