Vertical Car Parking

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Published on Jan 24, 2017

Abstract
This project deals with manufacture of a Prototype of Vertical Car Parking System. This
system has been implemented to reduce the excess use of land space which is already
very scarce in metro cities. Different types of vehicle parking are applied worldwide namely
Multi-level Automated Car Parking, Automated Car Parking System, and Rotary Parking
System. The present project work is aimed to develop a scale down working model of a car
parking system for parking cars within a large parking area. The chain and sprocket
mechanism is used for driving the parking platform.

This total prototype is powered by a D.C motor. When the car comes on the ramp the
switch will be activated and the bucket comes to carry the vehicle. When the switch will be
operated by the operator, sprockets starts to rotate and the new space will be adjusted for
new vehicle. Planners, developers, architects are finding out solutions to tackle this problem
of parking, so we took this opportunity to bring the technology of automated parking to
where it is needed.

Introduction
The first question we are facing when we explaining the project is, “When your project is
about parking system which involves some type of lifting mechanism then why don’t you
build a multilevel parking system?” So we would like to introduce our project answering that
question showing different types of parking as of now which are widely used and the
reasons why we had to make this choice from them, in the field of technology everyday a
new technique is launched. It has its own characteristics due to which we have to adopt it.
Today is the world of new technology which we have to take in practice.

These advanced automatic parking systems are extraordinarily well designed, tested and
constructed. They are being used worldwide in totally automated locations, where speed
and reliability is critical. The advantages are clear. The systems are scalable and adapt to
virtually any architectural foot print. They hold as many as twice any vehicles as similarly
sized conventional garages. What’s more they are fast, efficient and environmentally sound.

PRESENT PARKING SOLUTIONS

A. Integrated Car Parking Solution

Customize application suitable for various types of landscapes and buildings Structures
available below the ground. Ease control by soft touch on the operation panel screen.
When a vehicle stops in front of the entrance, automatically door opens and trolley
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transfers the vehicle to parking cell. Misleading of this solution is it should be
undergrounded. By this investment increases and lot much space utilization is to be made.

B. Automated Car Parking

The driver will pull the car onto a computer- controlled pallet, turn it off, and get out. The
pallet is then lowered into the abyss of parking spaces, much like a freight elevator for cars,
except it can also move sideways, not just up and down. There's an array of laser sensors
that let the system know if the car doesn't fit on the pallet (although it's big enough to fit a
mid-sized SUV),.

The system retrieves the car when the driver returns, although this might take some time
and creative manoeuvring. Cars are parked two deep in some spots, so a specially tailored
software system has to figure out the logistics of shuffling the various vehicles around as
needed to retrieve a specific car. And for those, like me, who find it difficult to turn their
vehicle around after pulling out of a space, there's an underground turntable that turns the
car around before it is lifted to the surface, so the car is facing out into the driveway, ready
to go. Backing out of garages or parking spaces is one of the most common causes of
accidents.

c. Multi-Level Parking

A multi-level car parking is essentially a building with number of floors or layers for the cars
to be parked. The different levels are accessed through interior or exterior ramps. An
automated car parking has mechanized lifts which transport the car to the different levels.
Therefore, these car parks need less building volume and less ground space and thus save
on the cost of the building. It also does away the need for employing too many personal to
monitor the place. In an automated car parking, the cars are left at the entrance and are
further transported inside the building by robot trolley. Similarly, they are retrieved by the
trolley and placed at the exit for the owner to drive away.

VERTICAL CAR PARKING – A PROTOTYPE

Unique Characteristics
 The space for parking 3 cars can hold more than 9 cars.

 It adopts rotating for mechanism so as to minimize the vibration and noise.

 Flexible operation.

 No caretaker is needed, key pressing operation

.  High safety, complete inspecting device

 Stable and reliable It is simple to operate with the driver parking and leaving the vehicle
in the system at the ground level.

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Once the driver leaves the incorporated safety zone the vehicle is automatically parked by
the system rotating to lift the parked car away from the bottom central position. This leaves
an empty parking space available at the ground level for the next car to be parked on. The
parked car is easily retrieved by pushing the button for the relevant position number the car
is parked on.

This causes the required car to rotate down to ground level ready for the driver to enter the
safety zone and reverse the car out of the system. Except vertical car parking system all
other systems use a large ground area, vertical car parking system is developed to utilize
maximum vertical area in the available minimum ground area. It is quite successful when
installed in busy areas which are well established and are suffering with shortage of area
for parking. Although the construction of this system seems to be easy, it will be par from
understanding without the knowledge of materials, chains, sprockets, bearings, and
machining operations, kinematic and dynamic mechanisms Imagine the time that automatic
smart parking systems would save you.

Every time you enter your office building you have to find a parking space and spend time
walking in and out of the lot as well. Imagine how much time it is costing you. Even if you
just spend 5 minutes a day to park that translates to you spending more than a whole day
just parking every year. If you calculate the time you spend walking in and out of the parking
lot, searching for space and such it will be easily more than the above amount. A fully
automated system mimics a futuristic assembly line structure where the cars are moved to
an empty platform. The platform under the car moves to a designated spot and all the other
platforms are arranged so that no cars are stuck.

You are able to keep track of the entire structure and spend virtually no time driving the car
in the parking you. You simply drop off the car at the entrance and pick up on your way out.
Aside from the comfort that the automation brings you can also save space through
incorporating the park lift system as well. Through this we are able to utilize the vertical
space in a parking lot that is usually wasted. You are also able to customize each stack
parker so that you can fit different sized cars in each of the different slots. It would be
meaningless to have all stack parkers adjusted to the height of a SUV when you can have
different sets where you can park 2 SUVs or 3 regular sedans

STEPS TO COMPLETE THE PROJECT

a. Market survey
During this period detail market survey has been done to learn available parking systems
and their utility also their literatures of different types of parking systems and its difference
between have been observed.

b. Problems in existing systems

The problems regarding the existing system have been found such as, Complicated
programming, High budgets, Unfeasible design, high end robots, etc.

c. Conceptual Design.

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Taking problem statement from above and studying the fundamental engineering concepts
various concepts regarding modern parking system are prepared and amongst those best
concepts design has been selected for further phases.

PHASE 2

a. Modelling in CATIA.
Putting the ideas on the modelling software for visualisation of the prototype and making it
more and more compatible so that there will be less complexity in designing

b. Material Selection and Procurement

In this phase material selection is done and also its procurement as per need the
dimensions are taken fromCATIA model.

c.Fabrication

This phase includes fabrication of prototype in the workshop from the procured material and
preparing the Prototype model from the software model.

d. Assembly & Testing

This phase include Assembly of all the sub parts, also the arrangement of the motor and its
wiring is done, all finishing operations like grinding, trimming, painting is done here. Testing
phase includes testing of the Prototype model under real environment.

CONCLUSION
 Vertical Car Parking model has been designed; all the parts in it were manufactured and
assembled and tested successfully.

 Analysis of the model has been done and developed with the scaling of 1:9 for life size
model Such as SUV’s like Fortuner.

 As the life cycle model involves proper design and advanced methods are to be used to
meet the requirements of the customers.

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