<p>A team of mechanical engineering students from Srinivas Institute of Technology (SIT), Valachil, have discovered a wall plastering machine which is expected to solve the labour problem to a great extent.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The students, Lohith K V, Mahesha P K, Prashantha Raj K V and Syed Umar told in a press conference on Tuesday that the machine being easy to transport and simple in construction, reduces a lot of human effort and saves time. For instance, a wall of 5x4 sq feet area can be plastered within a few minutes, using the machine.<br /><br />The sheet metal tray slides along the vertical guide ways present in the wooden tray. The free end of the tray containing cement mixture, which is placed close to the wall, helps to adjust the thickness of plaster. <br /><br />The machine is designed to move vertically, making use of chain pulley mechanism, which cuases the tray to move linearly on the guide ways of the frame. <br /><br />As soon as one portion of the wall is plastered, the whole equipment can be slided over to the next portion of wall to be plastered.<br /><br />The equipment designed by Srinivas Institute of Technology students has been displayed in many exhibitions and has won rewards including state level exhibition ‘SRISHTI -2012’ conducted by Akhila Bharata Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP), said Professor and Mechanical Engineering department Head Dr Dilip Kumar K. Professor Neelakantha V Londhe, under whose guidance the project has been carried out, were present in the press conference. <br /><br /></p>
<p>A team of mechanical engineering students from Srinivas Institute of Technology (SIT), Valachil, have discovered a wall plastering machine which is expected to solve the labour problem to a great extent.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The students, Lohith K V, Mahesha P K, Prashantha Raj K V and Syed Umar told in a press conference on Tuesday that the machine being easy to transport and simple in construction, reduces a lot of human effort and saves time. For instance, a wall of 5x4 sq feet area can be plastered within a few minutes, using the machine.<br /><br />The sheet metal tray slides along the vertical guide ways present in the wooden tray. The free end of the tray containing cement mixture, which is placed close to the wall, helps to adjust the thickness of plaster. <br /><br />The machine is designed to move vertically, making use of chain pulley mechanism, which cuases the tray to move linearly on the guide ways of the frame. <br /><br />As soon as one portion of the wall is plastered, the whole equipment can be slided over to the next portion of wall to be plastered.<br /><br />The equipment designed by Srinivas Institute of Technology students has been displayed in many exhibitions and has won rewards including state level exhibition ‘SRISHTI -2012’ conducted by Akhila Bharata Vidyarthi Parishat (ABVP), said Professor and Mechanical Engineering department Head Dr Dilip Kumar K. Professor Neelakantha V Londhe, under whose guidance the project has been carried out, were present in the press conference. <br /><br /></p>
