Questions tagged [design]
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Is it somehow possible to “lock” moving boxes without damaging them?
I have a standard moving box like this:
Of course, since I'm asking about it, they don't have a top-down photo. These are other photos, if they help you understand how it's constructed better: ...
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Gear configuration for a legged hexapod
I have an assignment for my Mobile Robotics course to design the drive mechanism for a legged hexapod and demonstrate its gait in motion.
The idea is to design the hexapod as per the following ...
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Criteria for gear design
Updated with comments/answers from community to make more complete
I'm trying to understand why gears are designed in some specific way instead of another. So far my understanding is that:
energy is ...
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Wheelbarrow minimize wear
I have a question about the design principle. To explain my problem I made the sketch "wheelbarrow". To minimize wear, which design is preferred?
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Calculating estimated Overall Heat Transfer Coefficient
I have problem where I'm trying to determine the Overall Heat Transfer coefficient of a heat exchanger that uses the latent heat of vaporization of water in the process.
I know the Q value I'm trying ...
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Determining length of interstage cooling coils for removal of heat
I'm currently trying to determine the length of cooling tube required to remove a specific amount of heat from my exothermic reactor in stages.
I'm aware I need to use the equation $Q = UA \theta_{...
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Applying ISO fits to radial bearings
Do you need to take the bearing size tolerance into account when creating the tolerances for the mating hole/shaft when using ISO 286 tolerances?
For example, a 125 mm OD bearing with a desired H7 ...
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Good estimates for torque generated while turning a dial
I'm trying to design a little device which is hand-driven and which involves turning a bevel gear pair. I want a small gear pair but I don't want it to be weak. The forces involved will be small (it's ...
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How to choose tolerance size?
I can not really understand how people decide what tolerances to set for a part or assembly. For example:
When can I choose 0.2 mm and when 0.002 mm; and if I choose 0.002, why didn't I choose 0.001 ...
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Improving ball feeder design
I designed this ball feeder for my robot however I'm experiencing frequent ball jams as the ball is stuck against the wall of the hole entry or just a ball being moved left and right not entering the.
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Why are many compliant mechanisms only flexible in the joints?
I've been playing around with 3D printing some compliant mechanisms, mostly to get precise linear motion, and I've noticed that many commercial compliant mechanisms are often designed like this:
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What are the names of these connection mechanisms?
I've tried to search for the name of the connecting mechanisms on these clips but I can't find it. I'm trying to build something where two parts are connected on one axis (diameter less than 5 mm) but ...
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Does it matter what direction a herringbone gear turns?
Obviously, the forces and pressures should mostly be the same, but just in reverse. But when play, flex, and such are accounted for, are there any subtle differences to having a herringbone gear turn ...
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Best support for a granite table top?: Flat bar 316L Stainless Steel or equal box section or unequal box section
Project is outdoor granite topped table. Table legs are two isosceles trapezoids crossed together at 90 degrees, with the legs having an internal angle of 80 degrees, made from 100 x 100 x 4mm 316L ...
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Is this dropout design as bad as I think?
I bought a 1990's steel mountain bike a few weeks ago and I have some concerns about the design of the rear dropout, pictured here:
It seems to me that an ideal dropout design would redirect upward ...
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How do I interpret this DC motor datasheet?
Problem summary:
I need to produce about 0.289 Nm with a rack and pinion system and compress 24 mm of a 110 mm x 21.6 mm, 0.99 N/mm steel spring.
I thought about using with a 10mm pitch diameter gear ...
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Power Electronics Project
Can I use 220-12v,1.5 Amps Stepdown transformer along with 12V 2A (KBP200) bridge rectifier to build a charger for 12v, 7.5AH battery or I should use transformer with Higher output, maybe 15V
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Advice on spring launcher project
I found an ingenious design of a spring ball launcher on grabcad and I'm interested in adapting it to accelerate a $43.7 \mathrm{~mm}$ diameter, $45 \mathrm{~g}$ golf ball enough to reach $65.5 \...
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Jamming & linear guiding
For a linear guiding I need to know the concept and understand the jamming limits. See picture. If I choose concept 1 or concept 2, what will be the value of X? How can I calculate this?
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Mounting methods for thin wall cast aluminum
Having a cast aluminium enclosure with the 3mm wall thickness. now I need to mount this to a mounting plate which fixed in vertical walls. can I have some idea on how should I choose the appropriate ...
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Why isn't there yet such a thing as a “Minimum Life Module” standard and concept deployed? [closed]
Why are large companies not producing, selling and maintaining the concept of "Minimum Life Modules"? What I mean is a standardized "module" hosting exactly one human being, with ...
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Multiturn rotational limit switches
I would like to automate a door lock. For reasons I won't get into, I'm not allowed to modify the lock itself, I can only attach things to the "safe side" of the door. On this safe side, ...
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What is the relation between the angle of a bend along one axis and the length of a face perpendicular to that bend
Sorry if the title doesn't make sense, I just cant think of how to word it so I'm going to be using images to help.
Basically I have a piece of sheet metal that I have bent along one edge to give me a ...
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Gas kitchen stove in skyscrapers
I have watched a property tour around an apartment in the Steinway Tower (NY) on YouTube and I noticed one detail that bugs me, namely gas stoves.
In Poland it is very uncommon for new blocks of flats ...
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Simple Flour Dispenser
I am trying to make a simple dispenser without using any electricity. I just want to create a simple dispenser that dispenses flour with the turn of a knob. I am creating this because wherever I bake, ...
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What is that 3D software
I was wondering what is the 3D software being use ( picture below )
Thanks in advance!
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How to reduce surface friction when pushing a gear sideways in shaft direction
I'm thinking of a system where a gear engages and disengages by shifting it along the shaft axis. I want to use an arm/board from a servo to push the gear in and out of position, but I'm worried about ...
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Overcurrent protection, limit for nominal current or stall?
Background: I'm currently working on a robotics design that will drill through soil.
I have selected a 48V motor who's nominal current is 3.17A and has a stall current of 42A. I will be driving the ...
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Trouble with an actuator on a Robotics SolidWorks design. Any ideas why?
I am in the process of developing a robotics design on SolidWorks.
The goal of this design is to tilt a platform using 2 actuators.
My design utilizes 2 indirect actuators that are separately powered ...
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How to lock a wheel bearing a load in place?
I'm designing a counterweight system that lifts a single load (max 55 kg) from above. I've narrowed down what to use to link the load to the counterweight to two options:
Timing belt
Roller chain
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Building a custom indirect actuator, any thoughts?
I’m trying to create a custom indirect actuator, that is controlled by a microcontroller, for a custom robotics project.
I have selected motor and gears (according to Fd = W = T2*pi) so that the ...
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Struggling to find solution: question 1 (Finding the maximum length possible of a rod with specific stresses in action)
Could someone please help with the problem below?
Edit 1:My guess on this question is: when I plot in the formulas, the stress rooting from the bending moment overcomes greatly over the other ...
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Power a microcontroler with a motorcontroller?
I have a motor controller that operates at 10-50V and draws 5A controlling a 3V motor that draws less than 1A.
I had a an idea where I want to try to use a microcontroller to control this set up.
The ...
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Force Required to Push an IV Pole
So I am working on a personal project that involves an IV pole. In a standard IV pole with lockable casters, there is still some give in the vertical section of the pole. If you apply a force to the ...
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Frictionless Braking System for 2 wheeler using electromagnet [closed]
I'm developing a Frictionless Braking System for 2 wheeler using electromagnet. My questions were
How can we overcome the problem of braking at Low speeds. This type of braking tends to fail.
How can ...
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Use of pulleys in gearboxes
I'm designing a simple gearbox with some fairly strict space constraints. I was wondering if having a belt pulley inside of a custom gearbox is a serious issue for the belt. Would it get worn down ...
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Detachable tubing connections (joints) for frame assembly
I am looking into fabricating a steel tubing frame that needs to be dis/assembled (applies to many larger furniture like bed, shelving unit, wardrobe, cupboard, cabinet, ...).
What are the variants of ...
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Simplifying the soda gun mechanism
I'm looking to design a push button mechanism similar to the soda gun where water is forced to pass through a single passage based on which button has been pressed. What are the different approaches I ...
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Why one big cargo ship is more efficient than 10 or 100 smaller ships?
Given the fact that small container ships are easier to manufacture than big container ships.. then why is it considered better to build bigger ships instead of many smaller ships?
And to see why ...
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Rotation around an axis outside of the mechanism
I want to design a system of linkages that will allow me to rotate the green element around the blue point/axis without entering the red circle.
The green triangle to go fully around the blue point. I ...
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What type to mechanical joint to achive Slide then Rotation motion
I have two parts (Green and red fixed) i want to connect them with a joint (Blue) that permit the green one to slide outwards then rotate.
Side View (Right part)
a simple pivot point doesn't work ...
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Looking for dropping servo mechanism idea
My friend and I have an idea to make prototype of vending machine.
We need suggestions for making strong dropping mechanism.
The idea is:
The user orders X item. Let's take a can of cola for example.
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What function does this device perform better than a flat, horizontal bench?
I am curious to understand the engineering and design principles behind this device, which I will refer to as the half-assed rest, because it seems to be an inferior design of a normal chair or bench. ...
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How can propeller blades be made silent?
In particular drone propeller blades. I read that the noise we hear is the propeller compressing the air at the edge of it to produce a sonic boom. Is that true and is there a way to negate that?
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Mechanism for controlling the clamping force
I am working on upgrading a research project on wind energy. They are trying to measure the performance of wind blade designs in a small wind tunnel (i.e. their models are relatively small).
What they ...
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Safety types and definition [closed]
I am searching for some Engineering terms but couldn't find any of the definition.
Direct safety
Indirect safety
Warnings
Thank you in advance
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What's the best way to design a joint with two fasteners?
When you're trying to design a relatively long joint with only two fasteners, what's the best way to arrange them? Since fasteners effectively radiate a circle of clamping force around them, what's ...
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What would be the best mechanism to rotate a plate from 0 to 15 degrees?
I'm designing a machine in a small university project that change position of a two-state gate. The two states shown in the Figure below are 0 and 17 degrees of elevation, correspondingly. The ...
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What is the difference between requirements and design specifications?
Working while employed at large companies, I was at times confused as to what was considered to be a requirement and how a specification differs from it. Upon reading more about it, I have discovered ...
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Using Density Correction Factors for Fans and Blowers
I've been researching fans/blowers and their use in pneumatic systems (particularly conveying systems), and I'm confused by the application of density correction factors. Let me describe a sample ...
