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16. Wildcard Week

THIS WEEK CHECKLIST:

  • [✓] Documented how you made your creation
  • [✓] Described problems and how you fixed them
  • [✓] Included your design files and ‘hero shot’ of the result

Individual assignment

  • Design and produce something with a digital fabrication process (incorporating computer-aided design and manufacturing) not covered in another assignment, documenting the requirements that your assignment meets, and including everything necessary to reproduce it.

I would like to add Vacuum forming for my junior form students during the lesson. It is for expereince Therefore, I try to use Vacuum forming in this week for doing my assignment.

There are many products are produced by vacuum forming in our daily life. For example, food container, product organsiation and luggage.

Double-side Tap, Memo Pad, Clips and Staples, those are the office supplies that I always use. Therefore, I want to design an organsiation tray for organizing my office supplies.

I use Fusion 360 for sketching my organsiation tray first. Basiclly, I use Extrude and Fillet for create my design. Using Fillet for the border beacsue it is easy to remove after using the vacuum forming.

After 3 hours printing, the 3D print object is done and already for the next step for making vacuum forming.

This is the vacuum forming machine that I used, Mayku FormBox Desktop Vacuum Former. CLICK HERE for the video demonstration for setting up and how to operate the machine.

After I putting my 3D object on the vacuum forming machine working platform. OOPS!!!! The 3D object is bigger than the vacuum forming machine working platform. Therefore, I use hand tools (Hacksaw) for cutting the extra part. Finally, it fit within the vacuum forming machine working platform.

For this vacuum forming machine, there are different type of sheets and thickness for you to choose. Here is the detail of the materials. It works best with thermoplastic sheets of 0.25 - 1.5mm in thickness.

For me, I choose 0.5mm transparent plastic sheets for making my organsaition tray. BE CAREFUL, please remove the protection sheets before putting on the plate.

After putting the transparent plastic sheets on the plate, I need to pull up the plate and lock up the handle.

According the instruction, using transparent plastic sheets need to Set the temperature is 5 and set the heating time is 1:20. BE CAREFUL, different type of sheet have their own different setting.

Left phot: After the pre-heat in 5 minutes, it times push down the handle for making tray. However, I am so excited to push down and turn on the vacuum clearner for absorb the air inside the tray. Finally, it shows some scratch on the tray. Actually, It is not affect the function for tidy up my office supplies. But, it not look good. Next time, I need to slow down when I push down and turn on the vacuum clearner to prevent the scratch.

Here is the organsiation try for tidy up the noramlly used office supplies.

However, I think it is too thin. Espically, I cannot put more clip and mono pad inside the tray since the thinkness is about 5mm only. I decide to increase the thickness from 5mm to 10mm for putting more stuff inside the tray. Last but the least, cutting the extra part because the last design size is larger that the working platform.

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Funsion 360 Organisation Tray_F3D


Last update: May 18, 2021