11. Mechanical Design and Machine Design¶
During this week, I worked on Designing a machine that includes mechanism + actuation + automation and building that machine with mechanical parts and operating it manually with a group.
Assignment¶
I was assigned to a group that included Pari, Nick, and Andrew. After much consideration and debate, we decided to create an M&M Sorting Machine. The rest of our documentation for our group effort can be found here
Contributions¶
- 3D designing the funnel and sawing/sanding the funnel so it fits the fixturing design.
- Printing the parts for the funnel mechanism, with help from Andrew.
- Designing, laser cutting, and assembling fixturing that included the funnel, wheel, servo mount, chute,
- Fixing fixture to machine
Final Slide and Video¶
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Summary¶
This assignment was one of my favorite weeks so far as I really enjoyed working with a gorup of people to bring an idea to frutation. I found it amazing how we started with only a concept and brought it to life. Throughout the weeks, I found myself learning more and more about mechanics and design by working with a gorup of people. There were some comunication issues between the group, but in the end we were able to get past all that and finish our assignment.