Design, Fabrication, Testing &

Commissioning of Human Powered

Washing Machine

Group - 6

Guided by: Submitted By:

Mr. Sudesh Garg Vikas Pandey (13ESKME121)
(Leader)
Co-ordinators: Tej Kumar Jain (13ESKME112)
Mr. Ajay Dhanopia Vaibhav Bhardwaj
(13ESKME117)
ABSTRACT
Cloth washing is one of the essential parts of the life but it is considered undesirable
because of the involvement of efforts, time, energy and cost.
Although electric powered machines are available in market but for a country like
India where almost 60% population is poor, power consumption and price of machine
is a major concern.
Our team intends to directly address the problems faced in washing clothes,
and thus have developed a new design for easy effort in washing, rinsing
and drying clothes.
Pedal Powered Washing Machine is a low cost machine which generates
power through human pedaling and with the drive mechanism, converts the
pedaling motion into required rotary motion of the washing drum.
Its innovation lies in its simple design, use of inexpensive parts, very low
repairing and maintenance cost, affordability to each member of the society.
GENERAL PRINCIPLE OF PROJECT
Working Mechanism
The pedal powered clothes washer incorporates the mechanisms used in electric
washing machines as well as the one used in hand washing to ensure effective washing.

It consists a drum in which the mixture of detergent and water is kept and it is rotated
by human power given through pedal.

This rotation of the drum creates a turbulent flow of the mixture due to centrifugal force
which removes dirt from the clothes.

During rinsing process, fresh water comes from inlet and the detergent mixture is
removed from outlet and the drum is rotated at a higher rpm using gear mechanism.

For drying process, water is drained out from outlet and drum is rotated at higher rpm
due to which water is drained out of clothes due to centrifugal action.
 Bill of Materials
S.No. Item Quantity Estimated Cost
(Rs.)
1. Mild Steel Hollow Square bars 30 Feet 350
(25x25x2mm)
2. Drums 2 900
3. Pedal Crank 1 150
4. Chain set 1 150
5. Sproket 2 300
6. Pedestal Bearings 4 600
7. Shaft 2 500
8. Valve 2 200
9. Mild Steel pipe (30 mm dia) 9 Feet 100
10. Seat and pedals 1 200
11. PVC pipe 3 Feet 50
Total 3500
Design of Components

Frame
Outer stationary drum
Inner drum
Assembly
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