ABSTRACT
In this new era, innovation has extended its arm into different aspect of life especially in the
transportation field. This development has led to an increase in pr-Oducing smarter vehicles fo1·
transportation. Thus, requiring an appropriate automatic washing framework to wash and
maintain cleanliness of these vehicles. This project involves the design and construction of a
PLC based automatic car washing system with the aim of reducing water waster by
incorporating a recycling system. The traditional means of washing vehicles was time
consuming, involved lots of manual power and led to water pollution of the environment. This
system is designed usirlg aluminum metal to fabricate the framework. The system is
implemented using three means, namely: Mechanical, Electrical and Programming means. The
machine was designed to use an induction electric motor to move the car on the conveyor belt
from one workstation to the next incorporating the use of a VFD to reduce the speed of the
motor incorporating the use of a PLC to control: the logical operations of the system with the
use of sensors and actuators. Also, the system made use of a filter uet to separate dirt from used
water in order to allow recycling of the system by pumping it back int-0 the system. After testing
the automatic car washing system, it performed the car washing process efficiently from oue
work statiou to another aud reduced water wastage by recycling the water.
Keywords: PLC, Conveyor belt, AC Motors, Proximity Sensors (Inductive type), Variable frequeucy drive (VFD), Relay, Dryer, Brush.
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