Olenin Georgy
Olenin Georgy
Olenin Georgy
Georgy Olenin
Thesis 2016
Abstract
Georgy Olenin
Design of hydraulic scissors lifting platform, 41 pages
Saimaa University of Applied Sciences
Faculty of Technology Lappeenranta
Degree Programme in Mechanical Engineering and Production Technology
Thesis 2016
Instructor: Principal Lecturer Seppo Toivanen, Saimaa University of Applied
Sciences
The goal of this study was to apply the knowledge obtained from studying in the
university and solve the substantial task of creating a design of the hydraulic
scissors lifting platform.
For this purpose a research of literature and articles was made, that contain
missing information of the theoretical part of the problem. The data was mainly
taken from the internet, particularly from articles, digital copies of books and
scientific works in a related field. The results of this research are presented in
the first theoretical part of the thesis.
Then to verify the validity of the theory the practice work was accomplished.
The type of the platform and the design of the structure were selected. The selection of the material and calculations of the loads and stresses were performed and explained. As the result of the work the 3D model of the lift using
SolidWorks software was created.
Keywords: Hydraulic lift, scissors lift, lifting table, scissors calculations.
Table of contents
List of abbreviations and symbols ....................................................................... 4
1 Introduction .................................................................................................. 5
2 Classification of lifting platforms................................................................... 6
3 Advantage and application........................................................................... 7
4 Aims/Objectives of the study........................................................................ 9
5 Principle of action ........................................................................................ 9
6 Actions for the maintenance of hydraulic scissors lift ................................. 12
7 Main faults and methods of their elimination .............................................. 13
8 Material selection ....................................................................................... 13
9 Calculations ............................................................................................... 14
9.1 Force acting on the cylinder ................................................................. 15
9.1.1 Lowest position ............................................................................. 15
9.1.2 Highest position ............................................................................. 20
9.2 Forces acting on the leg....................................................................... 25
9.2.1 Lowest position ............................................................................. 25
9.2.2 Diagrams ....................................................................................... 27
9.2.3 Stresses calculations..................................................................... 29
9.2.4 Highest position ............................................................................. 31
9.2.5 Diagrams ....................................................................................... 35
9.2.6 Stresses calculations..................................................................... 37
10 Conclusion ................................................................................................. 38
11 A list of figures ........................................................................................... 39
12 A list of graphs ........................................................................................... 39
13 A list of tables ............................................................................................ 40
14 References ................................................................................................ 40
Maximum moment
Width
Height
CCW
Counterclockwise
1 Introduction
The structure of this thesis is planned as follows: in the first part, the theory is
presented. It consists of several topics concerning overall of lifting tables of
scissors type, things that are needed for the design, principles of working, technical characterization and others.
The first part is needed to give a general concept of the subject and after that
comes the practical part which presents and explains how to perform the
knowledge. It contains the 3D model of the lift, calculations of the load, several
diagrams, charts, and stress calculations, which confirm the viability and validity
of the theory part.
Such a thesis structure was chosen as the most appropriate and suitable for the
chosen topic. It allows increasing knowledge by appealing to the literature and
adding an individuality of the author by making him solve an actual practical
problem using own approach.
The scissors elevator is an elevator with a system of levers and hydraulic cylinders on which the metal platform is capable of moving in the vertical plane. This
is achieved by using of linked, folding supports in a crisscross pattern, called
scissor mechanism.
The hydraulic lift was chosen as a subject of the thesis because it is a perfect
example of mechanical engineering field. This mechanism combines a result of
several main fields of engineering and at the same time, it is simple and accessible for understanding. The construction and load distribution represent statics
and strength of material subjects, the hydraulic cylinder and the control unit involve knowledge of hydraulic systems and automation. Material science is important for selection of a suitable material as well as knowledge of 3D modeling.
Also, scissors lift is an integral part of most of the workshops and building objects. The key advantage of lifts is that they even offer the best way to organise
a technological and industrial process. Besides, almost all lifts give the possibility to change the place of their installation without much effort, which is im-
the
fluid
such
that
the
same(Hydraulicsonline 2013).
pressure
ratio
remains
the
Since the emergence in the light of different cultural achievements, the individual tries to maximize their use to facilitate the work. Only a century ago, the society did not have the opportunity even to dream about what is already openly
available at present. The rough labor is replaced by technology, for example
lifting mechanisms.
A scissor lift elevator is a vertical transportation cab which is raised and lowered from underneath, somewhat like a traditional hydraulic elevator, except
that instead of a hydraulic cylinder the extendable mechanism is a folding lattice
of crisscrossed beams similar to a pantograph. The entire mechanism extends
upward
when
pressure
is
applied
to
the
lowest
mem-
bers.(Standards.phorio.com 2013).
On Figure 3.1 below general examples of scissors elevators can be seen.
Also, lifts of this type could also be applied to other conditions, such as daily
loading and unloading work in warehouses. The scissor lift perfectly meets the
needs for certain warehouse facilities, mainly because of the fact that above the
lifting platform it has a lack of any mechanisms. This is complemented by access from all four sides, which gives the opportunity to use it for loading of objects on the top shelves of warehouse racks.
A distinctive feature of an electro-hydraulic scissor lift in comparison with other
analogues is the low price due to the use of a relatively simple design. A special
lifting platform is driven by a simple metal structure with levers that look like
scissors connected with others in a long chain. As a lifting force is used electrohydraulic mechanism for driving a pair of scissors in motion(sv-e.com 2013).
In addition, a scissor lift is suitable for use in situations, where movement of
other types of lifts is limited. This capability makes this type of lift particularly
versatile and convenient. A platform with load is movable not only vertically, but
also on the meter to the side, as is for example available on some models. This
feature is highly convenient in situations in the workplace where there is no
possibility to put the basis of lift exactly under the desired object(sv-e.com
2013).
5 Principle of action
The general view of the elevator is presented on Figure 5.1. The elevator with
the electro-hydraulic drive is performed for placement on the floor. The elevator
is intended for lifting objects with the weight of hundreds and thousands of kilograms from the floor to the height of 1 meter.
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of the elevator is carried out by the control panel which has four buttons: the
main switch, lowering, rise, and blocking. As rising speed uniform and slow (on
average 30 mm per second), physics behavior of the elevator corresponds to a
static case(Garant-techservice.ru 2016).
The technical characteristics of the lift are shown in Table 1:
Loading capacity, kg
700
Height of rise, mm
1260
40
40
Initial height, mm
125
Mass, kg
70
220
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Possible reasons
Method
ylinder malfunction
Loose connections
hydraulic tubes
cylinders.
spool valve.
pressure
develop pressure
Table 2 Main faults and methods of their elimination
8 Material selection
Depending on a component and tasks that this component performs the selection of a certain material is founded. Different parts of the mechanism take different load and stress because they carry out different functions. It is important
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9 Calculations
The calculations of forces, stresses, and reactions of the structure play the most
important role in the design because on the result of these calculations and its
correctness depends stability, safety and successful work of the whole mechanism. The lifting table is a dynamic mechanism, but the speed of acting is relatively low, so this fact can be neglected and this system can be concerned as
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static. Then only two positions are needed to be considered, they are the initial
position when the lift is lowered and just lying on the floor, and the highest position, when the mechanism lifted a weight on the highest possible distance. In
these two positions, the highest reactions and internal forces are observed. In
all the other positions the results will be between the two mentioned above.
9.1
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EF from Figure 9.1 is the hydraulic cylinder and here it is acting like a truss. It is
subjected a compression force, that means the cylinder acts with a certain force
to the points E and F. On Figure 9.2 it can be seen how this force P is decomposed into a Y and X components according to the axes. And as a result:
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Also, it is needed to get the projections of the dimensions of the leg which will
be called L, the dimension between E and O is called a. The analogous result may be used for projection of CE, the dimension of which is (L/2+a) as
shown on Figure 9.4.
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(1)
(2)
In this project, there was the following order of actions: first, based on the existing examples and approximate representation what has to be the elevator,
rough 3D model was drawn, which can be seen on Figure 9.5, to get the needed measurements and numbers with which calculations can be done. Then in
case if the model does not correspond to the necessary result it can be
changed in an appropriate way.
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19
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d = 0.650 meters
AB = 0.529 meters
diagrams of the legs in the highest position which is shown on Figure 9.8. Calculations are done only for AC, but there will be an identical result on DB because dimensions are the same.
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(3)
The formula (3) can be used for calculating the force in the cylinder in any position where reactions Cy and Dy are not the same, it means that any position
except initial lowest position, because in that position dimension between DC
is the same dimension as
The needed dimensions for further calculations, can be seen on Figure 9.9.
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= 66
= 72
Force (N)
50000
40000
30000
20000
10000
0
0
10
20
30
40
50
Angle (deg.)
Graph 1 Cylinder force and angle
angle
(deg.)
angle (deg.)
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59751
11
17
45448
16
22
36019
21
27
30874
26
32
27867
31
37
26135
36
42
25281
41
47
25124
24
60
70
46
52
25602
51
57
26745
56
62
28679
61
67
31672
66
72
36254
the force F in the pin and as they are acting like counter forces, their values are
the same. Then it is necessary to find normal and shear forces acting on the leg
in order to be able to find stresses. For that all the forces must be projected
parallel to the axis of the leg, as shown on Figure 9.10, using the rules of geometry and components of the forces as it was done earlier.
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Now the free body diagram for one of the legs can be drawn as on Figure 9.11.
Figure 9.11 Free body diagram for the first leg in initial position
The same things are done for the second leg, where forces are the same but
directions are different. Reaction forces at the points D and B are the same. It is
shown on Figure 9.12.
Figure 9.12 Forces components parallel to the axis of the second leg
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Now the free body diagram for the one of the leg can be drawn as on Figure
9.13.
Figure 9.13 Free body diagram for the second leg in initial position.
9.2.2 Diagrams
Now it is possible to draw a shear force diagram, a normal force diagram, and a
moment diagram. Then corresponding stresses can be calculated. The normal
force diagram, shear force diagram and bending moment diagram for both legs
are shown below on Figures 9.14 and 9.15.
+ is for tension; - is for compression:
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Actual stresses:
The highest normal stresses are between EO and FO, but the areas in the
points E and F are the smallest, so as it is not obvious where the stress is higher, it is needed to check them both. Multiplier 2 comes from the fact that there
are 2 symmetric legs supporting the table.
The width of the leg is 15 mm.
Point E:
(6)
Point F:
Bending stress
where
M maximum moment
y dimension from the center to the top (half of the H)
B width
H height
The diameter of the hole at point O 22 mm.
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Point O:
Point E:
Point F:
As it can be seen all the actual stresses are lower than allowable stresses, that
means that the current design is satisfactory and the structure is safe.
9.2.4 Highest position
In the other positions the formula for the force of the cylinder is different, and
reaction forces and internal forces are different and stresses are needed to be
revised. The second position is the highest possible point for the lift. But because of the geometry of the structure, the behavior of the forces is changed,
internal forces are not the same as in the first position, its nature (compression
and tension) is other.
Figure 9.16 shows the free body diagram of the first leg in the highest position.
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Figure 9.16 Free body diagram for the first leg in the highest position
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The force of the pin is no longer a counter force for the cylinder, its direction and
magnitude is different now.
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The same is done for the second leg as shown on Figure 9.17.
Figure 9.17 Free body diagram for the second leg in the highest position
;
;
same direction as
opposite direction to
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9.2.5 Diagrams
The normal force diagram, shear force diagram and bending moment diagram
for both legs are shown below on Figures 9.18 and 9.19.
Figure 9.18 Diagrams for the first leg in the highest position
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Figure 9.19 Diagrams for the second leg in the highest position
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Actual stresses:
Point E:
Point F:
Point E:
As it can be seen all the actual stresses are lower than the allowable stresses,
that means that the current design is satisfactory and the structure is safe.
Bending stresses in point F and others are obviously too small, there is no need
for calculations.
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10 Conclusion
The project was carried out successfully according to the project plan. The outcome of the hydraulic scissors lift design meets the objective of the project. As a
result, the project designed the electro-hydraulic parallelogram lift. The general
section described the classification, purpose and technical characteristics of the
lift, and the mechanism and operation principle of the designed lift.
In the design section, the lift calculation is done, where the forces acting in the
cylinder and emerging stresses in the system were calculated. A 3D model was
created.
After completed this project, I have gained some skills and knowledge in this
field. I have learnt many things in terms of utilizing engineering mechanisms in a
proper manner. Finally, the experience I have obtained throughout this project
will certainly help me to be a creative engineer in the future.
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11 A list of figures
Figure 2.1 Launching and unloading platform (southworthproducts.com 2016). . 6
Figure 2.2 Mobile lifting platform (Made-in-china.com 2016). ............................. 7
Figure 3.1 General examples (sv-e.com 2013). .................................................. 8
Figure 5.1 General view of lift (hydraulicscissorslift.com 2016). ....................... 10
Figure 5.2 Main components............................................................................. 12
Figure 9.1 Free body diagram for the initial position ......................................... 15
Figure 9.2 Force components at point E ........................................................... 16
Figure 9.3 Free body diagram for each of leg separately .................................. 16
Figure 9.4 Projections of the leg ....................................................................... 17
Figure 9.5 3D view of the lift ............................................................................. 19
Figure 9.6 Dimensions in the lowest position .................................................... 19
Figure 9.7 Free body diagram for the highest position ...................................... 20
Figure 9.8 Free body diagram of legs in highest position .................................. 21
Figure 9.9 Dimensions in the highest position .................................................. 23
Figure 9.10 Forces components parallel to the axis of the leg .......................... 25
Figure 9.11 Free body diagram for the first leg in initial position ....................... 26
Figure 9.12 Forces components parallel to the axis of the second leg ............. 26
Figure 9.13 Free body diagram for the second leg in initial position. ................ 27
Figure 9.14 Diagrams for the first leg in initial position ...................................... 28
Figure 9.15 Diagrams for the second leg in initial position ................................ 29
Figure 9.16 Free body diagram for the first leg in the highest position.............. 32
Figure 9.17 Free body diagram for the second leg in the highest position ........ 34
Figure 9.18 Diagrams for the first leg in the highest position ............................ 35
Figure 9.19 Diagrams for the second leg in the highest position....................... 36
12 A list of graphs
Graph 1 Cylinder force and angle ..................................................................... 24
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13 A list of tables
Table 1 Technical characteristic of the lift ......................................................... 11
Table 2 Main faults and methods of their elimination ........................................ 13
Table 3 Cylinder force and angle ...................................................................... 25
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