Specification Report part 2
We were given some advices from Mr Joylin Caplin on our first specification report and he proposed an idea of an Automated anchoring system.
Automated Anchoring System
PURPOSE:
The anchor is a device made of metal attached to a boat by a cable and to hold at a particular place which serves as a support.
The purpose of the system is to secure the anchoring/mooring of the non-anchor boats.
This is a system which replaces normal anchoring systems. It is the automated anchoring system, which functions:
When anchoring/mooring, reel/pulley system is activated, and 3 drilling pods are sent out to the bottom of the water.
When drilling pods reached the bottom, it will drill into the bottom, with some supports securing the drill.
As a result, the boat is fully well anchored.
When the boat is moving again, the drill pods will unscrew and be pulled back up by the reeling/pulley system.
We decided to do this prototype as we feel that it is something unique and something bearable to build from scratch. Thanks to Mr Jolyin’s help, we came up with this idea.
Sketches:
Key Mechanism:
A reel/pulley system will be activated and will deploy a drilling pod into the water.
Connected with the reel/pulley system by strings, the drilling pod will be lowered to the bottom and will activate the drill, so that it can secure itself into the bottom.
The supports are also activated to further secure the drill.
Since there are 3 of these mechanisms working in the boat, the boat will be safely anchored/moored.
When the boat is about to move, the drilling pod will unscrew the drill and keep back the supports.
The reel/pulley system will pull back the drilling pod to the boat.
The mechanism will have have a ultrasonic sensor to sense the distance between the drill pod(container) and the seabed. When the drill is fully the seabed, it will be sensed by the sensor and stop drilling.
