DESIGN AND SAFETY FACTOR SIMULATION OF AN AUTOMATED FEEDER FOR BLANKING MACHINES

Abstract

The displacement of the stainless-steel plate to the printing work area is still managed manually by the
operator. Additionally, there is no clear benchmark to determine whether the plate is in the correct position and
aligned according to the printed pattern. Thus, the print results are frequently less than perfect and require a long
process. To address these conditions, an additional feeder is required with an automatic system that can operate
in conjunction with the blanking machine, simplifying the operator's work and enhancing the blanking process
efficiency. The objectives of this research are to determine the design of the feeder machine design by the needs
and specifications of the machine, to discover the value of the safety factor of the Feeder machine design, and to
reveal the movement system of the Feeder machine design using SolidWork 2019. This final project was carried
out in June 2023 at Politeknik Industri Logam Morowali (PILM) in Labota Village, Bahodopi District, Morowali
Regency, Central Sulawesi Province. The results show that: Researchers can make a design with the provisions
of a length of 550 mm and a width of 250 mm, while the known safety factor value for both areas is declared safe
since it has Factor of Safety (FOS) value of 1 and the design movement system displayed on the animation system
in SolidWork 2019 software.