Design of air floatation and cushioning system which will be used in packing of sensitive surfaced metal sheets

Our project's objective is to manufacture an automatic stacking and packing machine for sheet metals with critical surface sensitivity which is currently not being manufactured domestically. We aim to meet the demand for currently imported stacking and packing machines in cut to length lines for sheet metals with critical surface sensitivity. By using an automatic stacking and packing machine; there is an increase in operation speed, quality and efficiency. And also, by processing of sensitive surface quality materials, for qualified stacking machine, there has been an investigation of air cushion and air floatation system an automatic stacking and packing machine in this thesis. In prosess, scoring of metal sheets and facing with any damage while stacking it, deface surface quality of metal sheets. At the stacking step, metal sheets reach package area by rolling on conveyor. In this area metal sheets drops step by step to each others surface. During droping, metal sheets touch each other with friction. And while this touch happen unwanted scorings and damage occurs. In addition, while packing; any of human hand touch is also debilitative. By the help of air cushioning system metal sheets will float with the help of air and then it is going to drop to other sheet's surface softly. By the way, the friction which occurs because of metal sheets touch to each other will be prevented. The aim of this thesis is, an investigation and improvement of prosess steps of sensitive surface metal sheets stacking by using CFD and Finite Element Method. For CFD, analyses has been carried out in ANSYS programme and results has been compared.