Manufacturing Processes for Air Engine: Materials, Tools, and Machining Steps

Running head: MANUFACTURING PROCESSES
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Abstract
In the modern days, several attempts have been made by engineers to make improvements on
the existing engines. An air engine just like the steam engine uses compressed air but it is an
emission free. This compressed air is used is used to perform the work against the piston. The
components of such engines are made through machining using relevant tools. The
machining process takes into account the standard requirement of the existing ones.
Introduction
The project main objective was to build air engine. This helped in determining what was
possible to machine and what was not possible. Building an air engine that is also called an
oscillating engine was so simple. The process proceeded as follows,
Identification of the needs
The process required the following materials:
4” length of 3/8” square cold roll steel bar,1.5length of diameter 3/8” CRS rod.,19”-32 UNF
nut,2.8” length of diameter 1875 Drill rod,1.1” length of diamete25” Drill rod, Diameter 125
by 38” Dowel pin,2” length of diameter 63” CRS rod,15/8” by 15/8” piece of 25” thick
aluminium plate, A small coil spring,5/8” length of diameter 1 rod,19”-32 by .5” FHS counter
sunk screw and 138”-32 by 2.5” set screw.
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A counter sunk screw

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A UNF nut Dowel pins drill rod
Edge finder
The tools needed for the process included the following
A milling machine, metal lathe, grinder, a band saw, a file, an arbour press, edge finder, a
parting tool, calipers,3/8” by3” lathe tool bits,10-32,6-32 taps and file, reamers of diameters
1240”,1260”1855” and 2510” and finally a set of drills from1/16”-1/4” indexed by1/64”.