Fabrication of Smart Pantograph Engraver

ABSTRACT

The Pantograph Engraving Machine is designed to cut wood, plastics, and mild steel plates into any shape with the appropriate accuracy and precision. Pantograph machines consist of traditional cutting equipment and a pantograph, which is a mechanical linkage connected in a parallel manner and is further used to copy and scale complex line drawings. The pantograph engraving machine works on the basis of a four-bar mechanism, in which one link is fixed while the rest pivots. These other links move according to the movement of the tracing link. Overall, this apparatus is highly valuable and low cost. To create the Pantograph engraving machine, a CAD model was designed using commercially available components together with CAD packages like AutoCAD and CREO. All components have been carefully fabricated. If the fabricated components are not precise and accurate, the performance of the machine will suffer, resulting in a poor surface finish. At university of technology and applied sciences (UTAS), nizwa, this project will be useful for the final year project students to engrave the name plate and display boards for their final year projects. This engraving work can be extended to consultancy work for the outside industry. Apart from engraving, this project can be useful for training the students to do welding operation during their workshop, classes. This will enhance their welding skill and make the students as professional welder.