Rotomolding machine design based on gyroscope principle
Eugenio Yime-Rodríguez- Javier Roldán-Mckinley
Published 2019-04-29
Keywords
- rotomolding,
- gyroscope,
- machine design,
- imitation marble
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Abstract
The design of a gyroscope-based machine for imitation marble rotomolding is presented. The main feature of the proposed model is the capability of independent rotational motion for each axis. The rotational speeds were set from documented experimental reports. Dynamic equations were used to establish the torque expressions according to the mass and shape (inertia) on the rotatory elements. A Matlab program was created to evaluate the safety factors of the main components that are commercially available in the local market. Parametric design capability of DriveWorkXpress was used to create a CAD model in SolidWorks to perform finite element analysis to verify results and generate the machine blueprints. The proposed methodology was illustrated with an ornamental imitation marble piece of 0.9x0.9x0.6m dimensions.
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