Week 10: Mechanical Design and Machine Design

   
          
            I. Group Assignment:
        Design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation+application 
        Build the mechanical parts and operate it manually
        If you want to explore the group Assignment Click Here
        
            II.Individual Assignment:
       
        To document the group project and your individual contribution
     
      In this Assignment I contributed to my group in the printing of the parts of the robot's arm.
      The contibution i made started when my group-mates had an issue with the 3D printer they were using.
      I was able to find another one they could use at another lab that i have access to.
      We printed parts that took more that 18hours in total.

      I stared of by edditing some of the designs in the slicer software to see sufaces that would need support.
      
      
      Different options were considered when choosing what would be the proper laying of the Model.
      
      
      This is me editting the parts on the computer
      
      
      
      
      In the picture above i am setting up the machine
      
      Here i enter the values compatible with the PLA material we were using.


      
      Careful observation is needed to see if the machine is doing what the command says. 

      
      If a part fails removed it and editted and then re-did it.

      
      At some point we had to speed up the machines by tuning the speed up to 200%.
      It worked fine. This helped reduce the time.

      Here are the videos i made:
      
      
      if the link does work, find it Here:
      Machines doing jobs similtaneously
       
      If this link doesn't work either, the working one is here below:
      Machine printing the base gear

      Here is how the parts look now.
      

      Cheers!