• Vishal J
• Supreeth Gurkar R
• Amith S J
• Meghana H
• Prof. Jayashankar N

The use of overhead tanks has been common in India. These tanks have very small necks which makes it physically impossible to get in to clean it. The formation of bacteria in the tank due to the stagnant water can cause numerous diseases. The project we have done has amechanical system includes two main mechanisms which are rack and pinion gear mechanism and reciprocating four bar linkage mechanism. The rack and pinion arrangement is used to move whole mechanical system up and down for cleaning the cylindrical tank. The rack is fixed on the motor and the four-bar mechanism is attached to the motor shaft.Four bar linkage is made in such a way that it can be adjusted according to inside diameter of the tank.The purpose of this project is to make the cleaning of the overhead cylindrical tank easier because it’s physically impossible for a human being to get into the small space and clean the tank and the influence of chemicals can cause various health problems for the worker.

Cylindrical water tank, four bar linkage, motor shaft, rack and pinion, PVC brush

"Design and development of automated overhead tank cleaner", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.49-51, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCR06011.pdf

"Design and development of automated overhead tank cleaner", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp49-51, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCR06011.pdf