Week 15: Wildcard Week - Zund Machine

Individual Assignment: Design and produce something with a digital 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.

What is a Zund machine and what will I do with it?

I have chosen to focus on learning the basics of using the Zund machine which is here in the Kerala lab. Zund machines are highly-sophisticated multi-axis Swiss machines which can cut a large variety of materials from cardboard to textiles to plastics. The Zund machines are a great option for many materials which cannot be cut with a laser cutter. Here it is:

A realistic project I want to pursue this week is a case of cardboard drawers for small equipment pieces modeled after one here in the lab.

Here is the individual drawer which I'll need to model, first assembled and then spread out:

Designing the Project:

Fusion 360 can be used for preparing files for cutting on the Zund machine. In particular there is a "sheet metal" menu, which I never tried. I started by watching a tutorial here. Hence, I followed the steps and understood some of the basic functionalities.

Now I will try to copy the design of the box referenced above, however with some improvements to the placing of the creases and also some adjustment to size (I want a smaller one)