REMOTE CONTROL FLOOR CLEANER

A
MINOR PROJECT REPORT

Submitted by

VIKRANT TAMHANKAR-0105ME171151
YASH PARADKAR-0105ME171157
YASH RANE-0105ME171158

BACHELOR OF TECHNOLOGY
IN
MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

Under the Guidance

of
Mr. PUSHPDANT JAIN
(Professor, ME)

NOVEMBER 2019
ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
AND TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL
(AFFILIATED TO RGPV)
BHOPAL (M.P.)
 ORIENTAL INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE AND
TECHNOLOGY, BHOPAL

CERTIFICATE

This is to Certified that this project report “Remote Controlled Floor Cleaner” is
submitted by “Vikrant Tamhankar, Yash Paradkar, Yash Rane” who carried out the
project work under my supervision. I approve this project for submission of the
Bachelor of Engineering in the Department of Mechanical Engineering OIST, Bhopal
affiliated to RGPV, Bhopal (M.P.).

DR.CHITESH NAIK
PROFESSOR PUSHPDANT JAIN
(HOD, ME) (Project
Coordinator)
 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

It gives me immense pleasure to express my deepest sense of gratitude and sincere

thanks to my highly respected and esteemed guide Professor Pushpdant Jain (Mech
Dept), OIST Bhopal, for their valuable guidance, encouragement and help for
completing this work. Their useful suggestions for this whole work and co-operative
behaviour are sincerely acknowledged.

I would like to express my sincere thanks to Dr. K.G. SUDHAKAR, Director, OIST,
Bhopal for giving me this opportunity to undertake this project.

I also wish to express my gratitude to Dr. Chitresh Naik HOD (Mechanical Department)
for his kind hearted support. I also wish to express my indebtedness to my parents as
well as my family member whose blessings and support always helped me to face the
challenges ahead.

At the end I would like to express my sincere thanks to all my friends and others who
helped me directly or indirectly during this project work.

Place: Bhopal Vikrant

Tamhankar-0105ME171151
Yash
Paradkar-0105ME171157
Date: Yash Rane-
0105ME171158
Chapter 1.
INTRODUCTION
Floor cleaner is very much useful in cleaning floors in hospitals, houses,
auditorium, shops, computer centers etc; it is very simple in construction and easy to
operate. Anybody can operate this machine easily. It consist of moisture cotton brush,
the brush cleans the floor and dried with aid of small blower. Hence it is very useful in
hospitals, houses, etc. The time taken for cleaning is very less and the cost is also very
less. Maintenance cost is less. Much type of machines is widely used for this purpose.
But they are working under different principles and the cost is also very high.

Good well-maintained entrance matting can dramatically reduce the need for
cleaning. For public and office buildings about 80 to 90% of the dirt is tracked in from
outside. Installing a total of 15 feet of matting consisting of both indoor and outdoor
sections will remove about 80% of this. Thus about two-thirds of the dirt can be
removed at the entrance.

Reasons for cleaning floors

The principal reasons for floor cleaning are:

 To prevent injuries due to tripping or slipping. Injuries due to slips and trips on
level floors are a major cause of accidental injury or death. Bad practice in floor
cleaning is itself a major cause of accidents.
 To beautify the floor.

 To remove stains, dirt, litter and obstructions.

 To remove grit and sand which scratch and wear down the surface.
  To remove allergens, in particular dust.

 To prevent wear to the surface (e.g. by using a floor wax or protective sealant).

Methods of floor cleaning

The treatment needed for different types of floors is very different. For safety it is
most important to ensure the floor is not left even slightly wet after cleaning or mopping
up. Sawdust is used on some floors to absorb any liquids that fall rather than trying to
prevent them being spilt. The sawdust is swept up and replaced each day. This was
common in the past in pubs and is still used in some butchers and fishmongers.

It used to be common to use tea leaves to collect dirt from carpets and remove
odour. Nowadays it is still quite common to use diatomaceous earth, or in fact any cat
litter type material, to remove infestations from floors.

There are also a wide variety of floor cleaning machines available today such as
floor buffers, automatic floor scrubbers and sweepers, and carpet extractors that can
deep clean almost any type of hard floor or carpeted flooring surface in much less time
than it would take using a traditional cleaning method.

Reducing the need for cleaning

Good well-maintained entrance matting can dramatically reduce the need for
cleaning. For public and office buildings about 80 to 90% of the dirt is tracked in from
outside. Installing a total of 15 feet of matting consisting of both indoor and outdoor
sections will remove about 80% of this. Thus about two-thirds of the dirt can be
removed at the entrance.
CHAPTER 2.

FLOOR CLEANING MACHINES

There are many various types of cleaning machines or equipment on the market
today for both commercial and residential use. This is a brief overview of the type,
power sources and uses for floor cleaning equipment. For effective cleaning results of
any floor or surface, there are four basic and simple principles to follow.

1. Time

2. Agitation

3. Chemical

4. Temperature

Using these four simple principles will allow anyone to end up with good cleaning
results. Relative to this topic – floor cleaning machines, we will be discussing the
second principle; agitation. Most floor cleaning machines and equipment are designed
to provide the agitation needed to perform the cleaning procedure. Prior to machines,
agitation was accomplished with elbow grease. However, manual agitation is
burdensome to the person cleaning and increases labor.

The following is an overview of the primary pieces of floor cleaning machines and
does not cover each one. But the ones discussed in this article will cover over 90% of
all floor cleaning equipment designed to clean hard floors. When we state the cleaning
of hard floors; we mean daily or normal cleaning.

CHAPTER 3.

COMPONENTS REQUIRED

1. Four 12 volt DC 60 rpm Gear Motor

2. Two CPU FAN

3. 30 X 18 cm Plastic Container

4. 15 X 18 cm Plastic Container

5. 0.5 inch PVC Pipe

6. Two Dual Two way switch

7. One Push to ON switch

8. LAN Cable
COMPONENTS DESCRIPTION

1. D.C. MOTOR

A DC motor is any of a class of rotary electrical machines that converts direct current
electrical energy into mechanical energy. The most common types rely on the forces
produced by magnetic fields. Nearly all types of DC motors have some internal
mechanism, either electromechanical or electronic, to periodically change the direction
of current flow in part of the motor.
DC motors were the first form of motor widely used, as they could be powered from
existing direct-current lighting power distribution systems. A DC motor's speed can be
controlled over a wide range, using either a variable supply voltage or by changing the
strength of current in its field windings. Small DC motors are used in tools, toys, and
appliances.
Advantages & Disadvantages

Advantages of D.C. Induction Motors:

1. Speed control over a wide range both above and below the rated speed: The attractive
feature of the dc motor is that it offers the wide range of speed control both above and
both below the rated speeds .This is an important advantage with respect to A.C motor.

2. High starting torque: dc series motors are termed as best suited drives for applications
used for driving heavy loads in starting conditions. DC series motors will have a staring
torque as high as 500%.

3. Accurate steep less speed with constant torque: Constant torque drives is one such
the drives will have motor shaft torque constant over a given speed range.

4. Quick starting, stopping, reversing and acceleration.

Disadvantages of D.C. Induction Motors:

1. High initial cost

2. Increased operation and maintenance cost due to presence of commutator and brush
gear.
2. CPU Fan

The CPU Fan is used to dry the surface as soon as the RC floor cleaner cleans the floor.

3. Plastic Container
A total of 2 plastic container are used. The Plastic Container works as the body of the
Floor Container. It contains the motor, CPU fan, PVC pipe and soap water solution.

4. PVC Pipe

These PVC Pipe and fittings are used for the soap solution to pass through and drip
before the floor cleaner.

5. Dual Two Way Switch

The dual two way switch are used to control the movement of the floor cleaner. It is
used to move the floor cleaner forward, backward, right and left.

6. One Push to ON Switch

The Push to ON Switch is used to operate the scrubbers.

7. LAN Cable
These cables are used for connecting purpose. These cable are used to connect the
switches to the adapter.

CHAPTER 4.
Project picture
WORKING PRINCIPLE

The cleaning liquid is mixed in proper proportion and it is poured onto the floor using
the PVC pipes. The cleaning liquid is poured until the plastic container is filled.
Actuating the lever opens the valve.

Cleaning liquid from the plastic container spills on

the floor. The cleaner is then switched ON with the two way switch and the scrubbers
are also switched ON. The scrubber applies pressure on the floor, and the cleaner is
moved in the required direction to clean the sufficient area.

The 2 CPU fans located at the back provide air

to dry up the surface. This process is repeated, so floor is cleaned as well as dried up
too. The scrubber prevents the damages on the mosaic, marble floors and gives smooth
surface finish and shining.
ADVANTAGES
 Manual effort is reduced.
 Operating time is less.
 Cleaning and polishing can be done at same time.
 It consumes less cleaning liquid.
 Power consumption is less.
 Design is very simple.
 Easy fabrication.
 It occupies less floor area.
 Net weight is less.
 Maintenance cost less.
 Easy control of cleaning solution supply.
 It can be used in various floors.
 Smoother operation.
 By further modification the drive or movement can be made automatic.
APPLICATIONS
 Domestic purpose
 Hospitals
 Computer centers
 Auditoriums
 Cultural centers
 Schools
 Colleges
 Large scale industries
 Medium scale industries
 Theatres
 Educational institutions
CONCLUSION

Thus in our project we have designed the Automatic floor cleaning machine with the
help of A.C Motor and belt transmission. The machine is designed in order to enable
easy operation and to reduce the effort of human beings. Even children and aged people
can handle this machine, no critical operations is needed in this machine. The ultimate
need of this project is satisfied and with the help of this machine we can clean the floor
easily.
BIBLIOGRAPHY

1. Wikipedia.
2. Google Images