09. Mechanical Design

Here is the link to the machine design

the machine we want to design

The Machine that we want to design is a laser-engraver.

personal contributions

Design the the main modular that will be used to move the laser - The way I used the MTM module. I designed it by using the Fusion360 and then, I printed it out by using the 3D printer.

Also, I thought the way that machine will move - one stepper will control the x-axis's movement and another stepper will control the y-axis's movement, althought there are some mistakes while designing it - my teammember figure it out and make the machine move successfully.

Get it :move_right | move_left | move_main_laser

Then when other members in my group assembled the part, they found some problems:

1. the board (outline) are not fixed and can be easily move

2. the ways the motor move/ the move components move are not correct.

As a result, I redesign my components and some others things to fasten the components:

3. Design the outline of the machine that will help to bolster the whole machine. - I used the fusion360 to design it and cut it out by using the laser cutter and the material is 6mm Acrylic board:

Get the design of the component that can help to bolster/fasten the design:

1.f3d
2.f3d
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Since the whole design are based on the Fusion360, so the files format is f3d.

And also, the whole design of these comonents are using the parameters - so it's really easy to change if there are some little mistakes of the design.

Additionally, we met quiet a lot problems while in the real circumstance - so the parameters design helps us a lot while modifying our module ( we changed over 20 times )

Here is the outline of our machine: