DRINK MIXING MACHINE¶

For this assignment we will divide into 7 parts, which will be:

Design
Making off
Electronic part
Assembly
Testing
Costs

It’s the steps of my project

Design¶

From the beginning of FabAcademy I knew that I wanted to make a machine as final project. In the last weeks I decided how it would be the structure machine.

The design and structure of my final project is done in assignment 8- COMPUTER CONTROLLED MACHINING

I use Autodesk Inventor to design the structure of the machine,I used as a reference the measurement of a glass bottle.

As you can see, with the option ASSEMBLY, we can see how the structure looks according to the advanced.

Making off¶

VCARVE PRO¶

Then I use the program VCARVE PRO, which allows you to load your designs by exporting the face in DXF or DWG format, and configure the milling characteristics. For the operation I use a 1/4 inch.

As you can see, I set the characteristics of milling, cutting depth (1mm more than thickness), number of passes, type of milling cutter, internal cut, external cut, etc. In the first configuration I use the PROFILE option (internal) to perform internal milling of the design.

In the second configuration I use the POCKET option that allows you to make a recess of the material or “cajeado” according to the depth that is designated in the design, In this case apply 5 mm of depth to simulate the blocks of wood.

PARAMETERS MILLING¶ For the machining process, the following milling parameters must be set: - SPINDLE SPEED:

14000 RPM

TOOL: mill 1/4 inch Up cut, this tool will be used as it will work with MDF 12 mm and a higher resistance of the material is required.
PASSES: 3 passes, each time the mill makes one pass, it will reduce 5 mm of material, which is within the limits of the tool
FEED : The feed used is 2 inch / sec The speed of descent (height) the spindle each time you make a pass is 1 inch / sec.

I had to adjust the mdf plate with the drill and bolts

Before starting the milling process, it is necessary to calibrate the machine, for this we first perform the zero “Z”.

Which is where the spindle regulates the height and detects the cut start point.

Then, the zero “XY” is done, which is where the machine places the spindle in the corner of the bed.

As a lesson learned, it is important to note that the file is loaded first, then the spindle is turned on, then the extractor is turned on and finally the command is executed.