INTRODUCTION 1 LITERATURE REVIEW 4 METHODOLOGY 52 DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 60

v TABLE OF CONTENT Abstract i Abstrak ii Dedication iii Acknowledgment iv Table of Content v List of Tables ix List of Figures x List Abbreviations xiv

1. INTRODUCTION 1

1.1 Objective 2 1.2 Scope 2

1.3 Benefit of this Project

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2. LITERATURE REVIEW 4

2.1 DC Motor

4 2.1.1 Lorentz Force 6 2.1.2 Kirchoff’s Voltage Law 8 2.1.3 Magnetomotive Force mmf 8 2.1.4 Induced Voltage 8 2.1.5 Neutral zones 9 2.1.6 Generation of DC Voltage 10 2.1.7 Improvement of DC output Waveform 11 2.1.8 Counter-electromotive force cemf 13 2.1.9 Armature Reaction 14 2.1.10 Commutation Poles 15 vi 2.2 Mechanical Properties of DC Motor 15 2.2.1 Acceleration of the DC Motor 16 2.2.2 Power and Torque 17 2.3 Types of DC Motor 18 2.3.1 Shunt Dc Motors 19 2.3.2 Series DC Motor 21 2.3.3 Compound DC Motor 22 2.3.4 Advantages and Disadvantages 23 2.3.4.1 Between three types of DC motor 23 2.3.4.2 Between Alternating Current AC and DC 26 2.4 Control of DC Motor 29 2.5 Robotic Arm 30 2.6 Control of DC motor in Robotic Arm 35 2.6.1 Relay 36 2.7 Materials 38 2.7.1 What is Stainless Steel? 38 2.7.2 Role of Alloying Elements in Stainless Steel 40 2.7.2.1 Carbon 40 2.7.2.2 Chromium Cr 40 2.7.2.3 Nickel Ni 41 2.7.2.4 Molybdenum 41 2.7.2.5 Manganese 41 2.7.2.6 Silicon and Copper 41 2.7.2.7 Nitrogen 42 2.7.2.8 Niobium 42 2.7.2.9 Titanium 42 2.7.2.10 Sulphur 43 2.7.3 More about stainless steel 44 2.7.3.1 Martensitic Stainless Steel 44 2.7.3.2 Ferritic Stainless Steel 45 2.7.3.3 Austenitic Stainless Steel 45 vii 2.7.3.4 Duplex Stainless Steel 46 2.7.4 Nonferrous Alloy Steels 47 2.7.4.1 Aluminum and Aluminum Alloys 47

3. METHODOLOGY 52

3.1 Research 52 3.1.1 Determination of objectives and scopes for first stage of project 54 3.1.2 Research on DC motor 54 3.1.3 Research on control of DC motor, robot arm and controlling DC motor 54 on robot arm 3.1.4 Conceptual Design 55 3.1.5 Determination of Design to Use 56 3.1.6 Technical Drawing of the Design 57 3.1.7 Material Selection 57 3.1.8 Motor Selection 58 3.2 Project tools and equipments 59

4. DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT 60

4.1 Design Process 60 4.1.1 Design Determination 67 4.2 Material Selection 68 4.3 Motor Selection 72 4.3.1 Motor Type 73 4.3.2 Operating Voltage and Current 74 4.3.3 Power rating and speed 74 4.3.4 Torque 76 4.4 Development of Robot Arm 77 4.4.1 Base Shaft 78 4.4.2 First Joint Shaft 80 4.4.3 Second Joint Shaft 81 4.4.4 Base 83 viii 4.4.5 Connector 84 4.4.6 Robot Arm Links 85 4.5 Controller Selection 86 4.5.1 Operation of Standard Controller 87 4.5.2 Development of Controller 89 4.6 Test Design 94

5. RESULT 96