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SWIFT INSTITUTE OF ENGINEERING AND

TECHNOLOGY

FOLDING TABLE
Centre Name: Department of Mechanical Engineering
Course Name: BEng (Hons) in Mechanical Engineering

Name of the Student

: Rajat Thakur

Student Registration No

: 4927112

Module Leader at SIET

: Er. Avinash Sharma

Module name

: Product Innovation-1

Module code

: 103MED

FULL TIME 2011 BATCH

SWIFT
Institute of Engineering & Technology
NH-1 (GT Road, Ambala-Rajpura Road), Village Ghaggar Sarai, Tehsil Rajpura,
Near Chandigarh, Phone: 01762-653643, Fax: 0172-2652242, Website: www.sfresedu.com

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Index
Serial No.

Contents

Page No.

Acknowledgement

Introduction

CAD Drawings

Raw material and tool

16

Manufacturing Process

17-20

Forces & Deflection

21

Physical and mathematical techniques

22

Material Considerations

23

Aesthetic Appeal

23

6-15

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I owe a great many thanks to a great many people who helped and
supported me during the writing of this book. My deepest thanks to Asst. proff.
Avinash sharma, the Guide of the project for guiding and correcting various
documents of mine with attention and care. He has taken pain to
go through the project and make necessary correction as and when
needed.
I express my thanks to the Principal of S.I.E.T. Mr. Rajnish talwar
for extending his support. My deep sense of gratitude to Prof. Satbir singh
Sehgal(H.O.D.) for his support and guidance. I would also thank my Institution
and all faculty members without whom this project would have been a
distant reality. I also extend my heartfelt thanks of my family and well
wishers.

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Introduction
The project involves designing and fabricating a folding table. Basically the
entire table could be divided into three stages, which are concept review
and development, designing and fabrication. The folding table is equipped
by using wood material which include wood board legs, Ply wood, rectangle
solid surface and hinge in manufacturing process.
The advantages of the folding table to be developed can be seen to be
brought easily to another size because the shape can be fold to the small
size and easily to store after using session finished into the small place.
The process of development is initiated from designing the shape of the
folding table by considering the function as well. In order to produce user
friendly product that is suitable to the consumer, consideration to the
ergonomic factor is taken into account. It involves the measurement
process before the materials are cut into pieces before joined together.

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CAD Drawings
I make the CAD Drawings by using solid works of these parts:1.
2.
3.
4.

Surface views
Legs
Hinge
Assembled folding table

In the next few pages I have provided the separate top view, front view, right hand side
view, isometric view for the above listed parts.

1. Surface
R.h.s. view of surface

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Top view of surface

Front view of surface

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Isometric view

2. Leg
r.h.s. view of leg

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top view of leg

Front view of leg

Isometric view of leg

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3. Hinge
R.h.s. view of hinge

Top view

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Front view

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Isometric view

4. Final product
R.h.s. view

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Top view

Front view

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Isometric view

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Raw material:material used to manufacture the folding table:1. Wood board

2. ply wood
3. hinge

Tools and machine:1. Saw

2. Hammer
3. Planner machine

Manufacturing process:-

1. Raw material:1.
2.
3.
4.

Wood board
iron nails
screws
hinge

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2. Tools Used:1.
2.
3.
4.

Saw
Hammer
Wood Planner
Tape measure

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3. Cutting:I used saw for cutting the wooden board and logs.

4. Pieces after cutting:- I cut the bard in 4 parts in which 1 is the surface and
3 are its legs.

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5. Assembly:- after getting 4 parts I assembled them.

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6. Final product:- after assembly I got my final product that is our folding table.

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Forces and deflection

Various forces and deflection occur in a folding table: There occur several types of
forces occur in a folding table such a shear forces, bending moment, couples, stress,
strains etc Upper base of the folding tale is such type of simply supported beam. The
analysis of folding table that carry a transverse load deals with the computation of
internal forces , because shear forces and internal coupes may vary in a complicated
manner with distance along the lower base of the table. For a designing a folding table it
must be necessary to know the value of shear force, couples and bending moment. I
have design a folding a folding table which has a capacity of load 75 kg .Normal
reaction occur at six legs which is perpendicular to the base and the weight occur
vertically downward. Tension occurs at each leg towards the normal. when I applied a
load above 70kg there occur in some deflection in a folding table .To reduce the
deflection in this product ,so I give extra support at the each end of the table. To
minimize the load deflection can also be reduced. The processes of bending a
rectangular cross section subjects the materials to the tensile stresses and strains in the
outer half of the bent section and compressive strains in the inner half if the material
does not fracture it becomes permanently (plastically) bent.

Physical and mathematical

In order to stop the legs to go further. I made stoppage so that they remain in
their prescribed position.
I calculated the length of the two pieces of a single leg which has movement
around the hinge so that all the three legs form a flat base after opening.
With the help of a setsquare I cut out a perfectly rectangular top for the folding
table.
I calculated the spacing to be provided when the legs are folded to rest according
to the thickness of the wood board.

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Material consideration
In a project material consideration play very important role because it show that what are the
properties of the material, how useful it is for the user. it also show that it is environment friendly
or not.

Raw material used:

I have used wood, iron nails and plywood for assembly

purpose I used the nails and hinge.

Properties of material:Wood:Wood is used in many purposes :1.

2.
3.
4.

Light in Weight
Tensile in nature.
Easy to cut.
Low cost and easily available.

Uses:

used in home for cooking.

for photo frame
furniture

Aesthetic appeal

Looks like single board after folding

strong and can use on bed
Small in size
Easy to use
Take less space after folding