Single Print Differential Gearbox – Second Project Update Addressal of First Print Problems The first design iteration and print was unsuccessful – as the gears printed inside of the box structure became attached to …
Trebuchet #1
3D-Printed Enclosure for Dishwasher-Safe Retainers: Final Project Update
There has been a significant amount of development made since the second project update. First, an improved solidworks file was created that split the original design into two components: the meshed box, and an external …
Use of Additive Manufacturing for Mold Inserts in Injection Molding
Seven trials were done for this project. FFF was used for the first three trials and SLA for the rest . Table 1 summarizes all the trials and the print time. Trial 7 had the …
Final Update: Ice Bottle
Final Update: Ice Bottle Print Times Dead Space Insert (15% infill – 12 hours 5 min) Insert to take up dead space to use less silicone This was necessary in order to have enough silicone …
Finger Rehabilitation Device: Final Assembly
The final design and print of the Finger Rehabilitation Device was finished this week. Topology optimization was conducted on the palm plate in TopOpt and the resulting design can be seen in figure 1. This …
Final Prototype Testing, Trebuchet #1
Before we began testing, we added foam bumpers to the bottom of the counterweights to reduce the impact force of the falling weight. Our final prototype is shown below: We tested two different sling lengths, 17cm …
Trebuchet Team 1 picture of the first and latest built trebuchets
Trebuchet Team 1 picture of the first and latest built trebuchets To give you an idea how the changes we made effect the final Trebuchet we want to provide you with pictures of the first …
Trebuchet Design Optimization
Upon completion of our first prototype, it was clear that our components were oversized which led to a long build time of approximately 13 hours. To optimize the design we reduced the number of parts, …
First Parts
Today we printed our first parts. We decided quickly to use the FDM process to make our parts. Besides the sufficient number of printers in the lab the mechanical properties of FDM are good and …
Designing Components
After breaking up the machine into individual components and dividing out the work, we have come up with an initial design. All parts were created with Solidworks following the guidelines that we highlighted in https://additive-mfg-me.qa.wiscweb.wisc.edu/?p=83 . …