Underwater Saw Working

Tapia 1

Andres T Tapia

Instructor T. Bauras

Hydraulic Homework 2

15 March 2015

The Invention Of The Underwater Saw In mechanical engineering, inventions include designing machinery to make our jobs easier. The job of cutting down standing timber in lakes, was made easier from the invention of the hydraulic underwater saw, This saw has a unique make-up and function.

The Make-Up of the Machine The underwater hydraulic saw was initially developed by Carl T Burgin, from Longview Washington. This underwater saw was connected to a tugboat by means of a flexible umbilical connection. The connection included an anchor cable, hydraulic lines, control lines, a television and a underwater camera with light connections. The

The majority of the areas for the saw's need, is below dam sites and areas where timber has sunk. The underwater saw is used in combination with the tugboat, as one would not work without the other. The tugboat provides the fluid, pressure, electrical source, and a satellite component. The order in which this device is used is as follows, the tugboat anchors at the destination of standing timber the satellite camera along with the saw is lowered into the water via the hydraulic cables. The standing timber is located with the camera, the hydraulic propellers position the saw. The pair of saw blades, rotating in a horizontal plane by hydraulic motors line up at the bottom of the tree, cut off the tree and the tree is removed from the water. Mechanical engineering and designing is in everything we use, in our jobs and everyday items used in our homes. We often don't think of the work that goes into the designing of large and small tools but we do know how much easier it makes our