TA-201

PROJECT: automatic loading TREBUCHET

TEAM MEMBERS
NAVEEN KUMAR

BANDI NIKHIL
EESHAN
DEKHANE
AKHIL GARG
ASHISH
YADAV
DEVASHISH
KUMAR

TREBUCHET
A trebuchet is a type of catapult that
was used as a siege engine in
the Middle Ages.
It is sometimes called a counterweight
trebuchet or counterpoise trebuchet, to
distinguish it from an earlier weapon
called the traction trebuchet, which
employed pulling men working the
mechanism.

PROBABLY FIRST OF ITS KIND

These are being used for ages.

But we tried to bring out a new plan to construct a

trebuchet that can work on its own once started
manually.
We have been successful in coming up with such a
plan.

BLUE PRINT OF PROJECT

PARTS OF TREBUCHET
Vertical supporting structure
Throwing arm
Weight holders
1. Charge holder
2. Counter weight holder
3. Restoring weight holder
Charge feeder
See-saw mechanism

VERTICAL SUPPORTING STRUCTURE

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
2 mild steel rods of length 20cm and

6mm diameter.
1 mild steel rod of length 15cm and
6mm diameter.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS USED:

Welding at the two joints.

THROWING ARM

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Cast iron

MANUFACTURING PROCESS USED:

Casting with core of 6mm diameter

WEIGHT HOLDERS
CHARGE HOLDER:

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Mild steel sheet of thickness 1mm.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS USED:

Sheet metal folding.
COUNTER WEIGHT HOLDER:

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Mild steel sheet of thickness 1mm.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS USED:

Sheet metal folding.

RESTORING WEIGHT HOLDER

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Mild steel metalof thickness 1mm.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS USED:

Sheet metal folding.

CHARGE FEEDER

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Metal sheet of thickness 1mm.
Cast iron.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS USED:

Sheet metal folding
Casting

SEE-SAW MECHANISM

MATERIALS REQUIRED:
Metal sheet of thickness 1mm.
2 mild steel rods of diameter 4mm.
3 mild steel rods of diameter 6mm.

MANUFACTURING PROCESS USED:

Sheet metal folding
welding

LAB TURN-1
Base sheet cutting.(Naveen, Nikhil)
Throwing arm casting.(Eeshan,Devashish)
Casting of charge and restore
weight.(Akhil,Ashish)
Sheet metal folding of charge holder.(Eeshan,
Akhil)
Sheet metal folding of counter weight
holder.(Naveen,Devashish)

Sheet metal folding of restoring weight holder.

(Nikhil , Akhil)

LAB TURN-2
Base rod cutting. (Naveen)

See-saw mechanism of charge feeder.

(Nikhil,Devashish)
See-saw mechanism of restore weight feeder.
(Naveen , Akhil)
Sheet metal folding of charge feeder slide.
(Eeshan,Devashish)
Sheet metal folding of restore weight feeder
slide. (Nikhil,Ashish)

LAB TURN-3
Welding of vertical supporting rods.
(Akhil,Devashish)
Hinge rod throwing arm assembly.
(Naveen,Ashish)

Welding of Hinge rod-throwing arm assembly

onto vertical support rods. (Nikhil,Ashish)
Attaching charge holders to the throwing arm.
(Eeshan,Ashish)
Base rod welding. (Akhil)
Fixing seesaw mechanisms to the base. (Naveen)
Assembly of charge feeding slider onto vertical
rods. (Eeshan,Ashish)
Charge feeding mechanism vertical rod
welding. (Eeshan,Devashish)

LAB TURN-4
Experimentation

LAB TURN-5,6
Assembly and perfection