Alignment Conveyor Belt
In my pneumatics class, I worked with a team to design and build a conveyor belt system that aligned a stack of out of line cardboard sheets. This project was meant to test our knowledge of pneumatics, mechanical electrical systems and our communication skills.
01
Make a design
Our first step was to create a few rough sketches of what we wanted out conveyor belt system to look like and how we wanted it to function.
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Schematic Rough Draft
While my team worked on constructing the mounts needed to attach our components to the conveyor belt itself, I started drafting the schematic for the electrical and pneumatic system.
03
Building the conveyor system
As we started assembling our components, our plan slowly changed. For example, instead of using one single acting cylinders on each side of the belt, we used one that dropped in from the top and one that came in from the side.
04
Running the system
In the end, we successfully ran our system and it functioned as intended. I'm proud of this project because I designed the electrical schematic and was able to assist my team with my strengths. We used two single acting pneumatic cylinders, a photo eye, an AC drive and many other basic electrical components.
Conclusion
I am very proud with how the conveyor belt system turned out. A lot of hard work, problem solving and teamwork went into it. Our project continues to be used in a PLC class to help with training future students. I would love to talk in depth with you about the process and what I learned!
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