Pelletizer Log
February 19, 2014
- Time Table for the next few weeks
-All Basic CAD parts excluding rotor and mount
-Start designing rotor and mount
-Start assemblies and tweak designs
-Assembly Completion
- We currently have a drawing for the die, the hopper and the roller
-Next is the base
Will be a little difficult, weird geometry
-Rotor is done in Sketch Up, needs to be formed in CAD
-By the end of next week, we should have basic CAD parts
-In 2 weeks, basic assembly?
February 12, 2014
- Questions for Marcin
~Rotating Mechanism: is it the die? The bell? Everything? What is moving?
~Critical Dimensions for die etc.
- Meeting with Marcin
Rotating Mechanism
-The only thing being driven is the die
Dimensions
-All he has is what is on the pictures right now
-All the development ones are pretty much shown
Clarity
-Design a mount for the rotor
-Rotating the die
-Hopper for pelletizer
-Attach the rotor to some sort of stand
*Same type of set up seen in the trench digger
We found a faculty advisor!
-Professor Leipold
*Joe will meet with her on Thursdays for updates
*As we get more serious, she’ll be meeting with us for more guidance
Evolve Log
-Opensourceecology.org Wiki
-Track ALL progress
What's Next?
-We can start developing Solidworks drawings
*We have the drawings but we’ll have to remake the files on Solidworks
-We’ll hopefully be able to move ahead with a rough sketch of what we’re looking to do
-Joseph will meet with Leipold tomorrow and talk about our progress
-Rotor- CNC cut plates with notches so everything fit together nicely
-See wiki for details
-Update page tonight, get a quick sketch up, material selection
*Meeting without Marcin
First Steps:
-Goal: Dimension entire contraption based off of roller [1]
-Find a roller that is compatible
*Roller is approx. 7 inches wheel to wheel[2], shaft sticks out 1-1/2" on either side[3]. Total, roller is just under 10"
*wheels are about 4" in diameter [4]
-The team will meet in the lab at 3:15 PM tomorrow, Thursday, and start to design CAD models