Week 12: Mechanical & Machine Design
Group Assignment (link):
- design a machine that includes mechanism+actuation+automation+application
- build the mechanical parts and operate it manually
- actuate and automate your machine
- document the group project and your individual contribution
My Design Contributions to the Project
Fortunately Kochi is blessed with an amazing group of participants. I tried my best to keep up as well as contribute! Mostly I was assigned some minor modeling tasks.
For example, I designed a test for bearings:
The second set of cylinders further refines the ideal parameters for the bearing:
Here, as can also be seen on the group documentation page, is the best fit for the bearing:
Another modeling task I contributed was to design a corner connector for the extrusions:
On the back of the connector are raised rectangles to fit the slot of the extrusion:
Yet another contriution was to help Noel with the locking mechanism for the belt:
Finally, I contributed to the design of the end effector, specifically the locking case holding the PCB with LEDs designed mainly by Namita. However in the end I had to leave India, and Noel with Akash finished the project - big respect to them.