Diseño estructural de una elevadora de carga liviana para la Cooperativa de Producción Agropecuaria El Salinerito de la parroquia de Salinas, cantón Guaranda

Abstract

In the present work, the design of a lifting table for the “El Salinerito” Agricultural Production Cooperative, is carried out as part of a solution to improve security aspects within the company. This lifter must accomplish with certain technical characteristics such as a maximum load of 300 kg, and meet the requirements of the design of machines in terms of maximize the safety factor and minimize the production cost of the same. For this, two table models were evaluated, one with a simple scissor and mobile platform, and the other with a double scissor and simple platform. The winning table was model 1 and was then subjected to a structural analysis in Ansys, in order to evaluate different load scenarios. There were three load cases: when it is applied in the center of the table, on a lateral side, and on the front side. The results show that working with the load in the central part of the platform represents the most favorable performance conditions, reaching a safety factor of 2.66 and a maximum deformation threshold of 1,077 mm.