Design and fabrication of four-way hacksaw machine – A design thinking approach

Abstract

This Paper presents the fabrication and concept of four way hacksaw blade machine mainly carried out for production-based industries. Industries are basically meant for production of useful goods and services at low production cost, machinery cost and low inventory cost. Today in this world every task has been made quicker and fast due to technology advancement but this advancement also demands huge investment and expenditure, every industry desire to make high productivity rate maintaining the quality and standard of the product at low average cost. We have developed a prototype model of a Hacksaw machine. This project consists of a crank and slider mechanism along with linear bushing. These machines can be used in remote places where electricity is regular. It is designed as a portable one which can be used for cutting in various places. It can be used for operating on materials like thin metals, wood. We include Design Thinking process from SNS college of technology to do this experiment. The stages of Design Thinkers are Empathize, Define, Ideate, Prototype & test, Evolve.