Conceptual Design

Unavailability of parking space has always been a problem in urban areas and major cities. In order to handle the issue of parking in busy places; various types of vehicle parking systems are developed worldwide, namely Multi-level Automated Car Parking, Rotary Parking System and many more. The following project presents mechanical design and control of a rotary car parking system with a capacity of 6 cars within the space of approximately the parking area of only 2 cars. The system was designed, assembled and simulated using advanced computer aided design (CAD) tools. Autodesk inventor program & SolidWorks program was used for various design procedures including part and assembly modeling, stress analysis, and simulation, and generating working drawings). Design accelerator tools were used in design and selection of different mechanical components required for the system including sprocket, drive chain, rolling bearings, supporting frames, car carriage, and entry platform. Finally, detail drawings were generated for documentation purposes.