Elevating Ramp

Posted on Monday, March 29th, 2021

Client	Tetra Society
Professor(s)	Bijan Borzou,
Program	Mechanical Engineering Technology
Students	Erik Crowther, Ben Mannisto, Jacob Massie, Jeremy Paradis-Gregson, Trevor Spik

Project Description:

Tetra Society of North America and Algonquin College’s Mechanical Engineering Technology program have partnered up in order to help make buildings more accessible for people with physical disabilities. The solution is a mechanically actuated ramp designed to overcome steps of up to 4 inches, while maintaining a low profile so as to avoid obstructing the regular flow of pedestrian traffic. The ramp is powered by two electric pistons which lift the ramp up and down, these pistons are controlled by an Arduino Uno.