As Industry is turning more and more to computer-based automation; very complicated and precise components having some special requirements are demanded by these industries. The demand is also increasing for glass industry; they are still produced on handicraft scale essentially involving manual labor. To avoid child labor and the manual process of sandblasting is very hazardous and creates dust, therefore there is need to automate the Glass frosting technique, so we are proposing the Automated Glass frosting machine. Glass frosting is one of the etching methods of imprinting images on glass. Glass frosting involves creating a design on a glass surface by applying an acidic or abrasive substance. In a proposed concept the glass is stationary and sand is filled in nozzle and sand blasting will be done with the help of nozzle and the nozzle will move accordingly to carve a stencil on glass. With the help of Solid works the assembly is made and interfacing is done by using the KIEL software and flash magic.

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@article{apurva02061002,
title = "Development of Automated Glass Frosting Machine ",
journal = "International Journal of Science and Engineering Applications (IJSEA)",
volume = "2",
number = "6",
pages = "118 - 122",
year = "2013",
author = "Apurva D. Joshi, D.I Sangotra, S.T Bagde ",
}