MECHANICAL DESIGN
this two weeks assignements are:
- Design a machine (mechanism + actuation + automation), including the end effector, build the passive parts and operate it manually.
- Plan and make a machine. Document the group project and your individual contribution.
rotocasting machine
The Frame
This week we decide to work on a rotomoulding machine.
i was in charge of the frame part.
the frame.
when we decide to work on the Rotocasting machine we decide to work on a octagon frame, the idea is to have one motor to control (them all) one axe, and an other one free, the idea it's to create a movement on the free axe I start to make my file on fusion.![](images/w15/3.png)
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The connector.
When we finish to design the Frame, i need to create someway to connect them together, to the structure.![](images/w15/2.png)
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so for cutting it, i decide to cut it, in 3 part and glue them together.
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Milling the Frame
After few day's we came back to the university and prepare the file for the shopbot with Vcarve![](images/w15/10.png)
- 6mm diameter down-cut
- 40mm/Sec
- 7000RPM
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ET VOILA!
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file of the week.
here you'll find the file of the week
For downloading
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