Design of an Automated, Low-Cost Paper Bag Making Machine
Abstract
Shopping bags play an essential role in our daily lives by making it convenient to carry groceries.
Plastic shopping bags are most common and affordable. However, they pose a great deal of danger
to our environment since they are non-biodegradable. Paper and cloth bags are alternatives to the
use of plastic bags however, manufacturing paper and cloth bags are relatively expensive and less
energy efficient. Thus, the aim of this project is to design a low-cost and an automated machine to
make paper bags. The machine designed in this project uses raw brown paper to make a squarebottom paper bag. The Paper Bag Making machine is modeled in SolidWorks and simulations are
run on the critical components to predict its shelf life. Also, based on the cost analysis performed
on this machine, this project is termed as successful, as the overall estimated cost is lower than the
price of the existing paper bag making. Inspiration, however, was drawn from existing research
and models.
Description
Capstone Project submitted to the Department of Engineering, Ashesi University, in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering.
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Citation
Akey, J. (2021). Design of an Automated, Low-Cost Paper Bag Making Machine, Undergraduate project. Ashesi Univeristy, Berekuso. 60pgs.