Week | 15
Mechanical Design
How we are designing a machine that includes a mechanism, an actuation and an automation, as part of a group assignment.
9 May 2018 12:30:
This week’s assignment is to work in group and design a machine that includes mechanism, actuation and automation, build the mechanical parts and operate it manually.
We (Ilias Bartolini, Marta Bocos, Óscar González and myself) have decided to build a camera time-lapse dolly!
You can find all documentation about this stage of the project on this separate webpage here.
Though we all have participated in the ideation and design process of the “machine” itself, I was particularly focused on designing, modelling (in Fusion 360) and printing (with the RepRaps available at the lab) the 3D parts. Also participated in the overall documentation process and tried to learn as much as possible from my fellow group participants.
So, I was in charge of designing the 3D printed parts in Fusion360; Ilias in charge of designing the laser cut parts; Marta in charge of laser cutting them with Ilias; Óscar in charge of the mechanical design of the pieces.
Here are some videos showing me modelling the parts (the first and second batch, as we realized the firts prototype would take to long to print) on Fusion 360:
And all models created can be found here