DESIGN AND DELEVOPMENT OF PLC BASED AUTOMATIC CAR WASHING SYSTEM

Project Title

DESIGN AND DELEVOPMENT OF PLC BASED AUTOMATIC CAR WASHING SYSTEM

Project Area of Specialization Electrical/Electronic EngineeringProject Summary

With the rapid growth of life, usage of automobile is increasing day by day, leading to an increase of wash stations. In the present scenario, these Wash stations are totally manually operated which consumes time & requires man power. Where as in sparsely populated areas, the labor cost is more, due to less population density. Due to less availability of labor, and climatic conditions some of these wash stations wouldn’t be open for 24 by 7. Keeping these factors in mind, a Electrical approach is made to design an a PLC based Automatic Car Washing System, which would be cost effective, open 24 by 7, minimum labour required and optimum time taken to wash an a vehiclle. The vehicle has to be parked in a specific region, wherein using image processing a close loop system will be generated which guides the robotic arm to align itself wash station. Once the arm has aligned itself, the customer has to enter wash plains as an input. The wash station gets actuated and the station begins its task. When plc based wash system complete its task, the wash station stops the supply of water and and the arm returns to its initial position. Using this approach even the owner could monitor the pump online from any corner of the world.

Project Objectives

They are often shocked to discover that an automatic car wash actually offers significant advantages:

• Lower Water Consumption. ...
• Less Wastewater. ...
• Less Wear-and-Tear on Vehicles. ...
• Saving Time = Saving Money.

Project Implementation Method

Nowadays technology and Advancements are happening in every part of this world. There is no field of science where advancement isn't happening and likewise we are also planning on doing something contributing in this advancing world. In Pakistan the industry of refueling is increasing day by day as of the increase in the vehicles in Pakistan are growing largely.

Current refueling pumps are operated by man power and without man power we cannot operate them. So we are thinking of making an automatic refueling system which will require zero man power and the person who is there for refueling from our automatic refueling system will be entertained by our system in the vehicle without getting out of the vehicle.

So we will develop a system with zero man power and fully automatic

Nowadays technology and Advancements are happening in every part of this world. There is no field of science where advancement isn't happening and likewise we are also planning on doing something contributing in this advancing world. In Pakistan the industry of refueling is increasing day by day as of the increase in the vehicles in Pakistan are growing largely.

Current refueling pumps are operated by man power and without man power we cannot operate them. So we are thinking of making an automatic refueling system which will require zero man power and the person who is there for refueling from our automatic refueling system will be entertained by our system in the vehicle without getting out of the vehicle.

So we will develop a system with zero man power and fully automatic.

Benefits of the Project

the many benefits of an automatic car wash. If you are someone who hasn’t used automatic car washes in a while for whatever reason, it is time to make a trip to Splash and Go Express Car Wash. While you may be considering automatic car wash vs hand wash, there are various reasons an automatic car wash is the way to go. 

Technical Details of Final Deliverable

According to our design, we can specify the flow rate of water for different range of vehicles as per their size,durability and requirment, so the process can be speeded up and the frequency of vehicles filled can be increased. The above mentioned point can be done through coding of the controller so that it drives the motor driver with a specific voltage that is required to drive the pump. As voltage varies the total amount of flow also varies as per the pump specifications. As the process is fully automated no need of labor except for maintenance and inspection. We can also setup the system at any place on highways, sparsely populatedAccording to our design, we can specify the flow rate of water for different range of vehicles as per their size,durability and requirment, so the process can be speeded up and the frequency of vehicles filled can be increased. The above mentioned point can be done through coding of the controller so that it drives the motor driver with a specific voltage that is required to drive the pump. As voltage varies the total amount of flow also varies as per the pump specifications. As the process is fully automated no need of labor except for maintenance and inspection. We can also setup the system at any place on highways, sparsely populatedAccording to our design, we can specify the flow rate of water for different range of vehicles as per their size,durability and requirment, so the process can be speeded up and the frequency of vehicles filled can be increased. The above mentioned point can be done through coding of the controller so that it drives the motor driver with a specific voltage that is required to drive the pump. As voltage varies the total amount of flow also varies as per the pump specifications. As the process is fully automated no need of labor except for maintenance and inspection. We can also setup the system at any place on highways, sparsely populated.

Final Deliverable of the Project Hardware SystemCore Industry OthersOther IndustriesCore Technology OthersOther TechnologiesSustainable Development GoalsRequired Resources

Item Name	Type	No. of Units	Per Unit Cost (in Rs)	Total (in Rs)
			Total in (Rs)	73
hml	Equipment	1	3	3
plc	Equipment	2	3	6
motor	Equipment	6	5	30
pump	Equipment	4	4	16
soaping	Equipment	2	1	2
washer	Equipment	1	3	3
conveyor	Equipment	1	4	4
fan	Equipment	3	3	9