Lynne and Professor Nakamura broke down pieces from previous students’ projects.
Broke down combustion chamber model and reinforced base for reverse acting grates.
Day 14
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Monthly Archives: July 2014
Day 13
Came back from conference. Had a great time visiting Massachusetts.
Rearranged office to allow more space for students. Moved monitors around.
Presentation at Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts July 19-20, 2014
Design Analysis of Reverse Acting Grate for Solid Waste Mixing in a Combustion Chamber
3d model of combustion chamber sectional view
Pictures of Campus:
Pictures of Boston:
Day 12
Discussed topics/syllabus for CollegeNow Students (flying car and wind turbine)
Disassembled frame and added stronger members. The wormgear is too close to the grate to allow the arm attached to the wormgear to move freely.
New batteries are needed for drill/saw.
Day 11
Clamp coupling for 1/2″ to 5/8″ arrived. Proceeded to connect motor to wormgear.
Wormgear has 1/100 ratio.
Finished model for flying car the College Now students will have to build.
Initial car model in Solidworks
Finished model of car with wings.
Day 10
Metal grate was removed previously
Removed motor from previous project
Attempted to attach motor to wormgear box
Proper coupling is required to connect wormgear to output of the motor; 5/8″ to 1/2″.
The motor is used to drive the wormgear to drive the arm that will somehow push the 2nd and 4th grate in our model. The first and third grates are stationary and the second and fourth grates move to sort the municipal solid waste (MSW). The steel members of the frame may be replaced in the future to make it more sturdier. Possible plans to incorporate microcontrollers
Controller for the motor
Attempt to connect motor to the wormgear box.
Coupling used to connect motor to wormgear. A new coupling clamp needs to be ordered to connect output of motor @1/2″ to input of wormgear @5/8″.
Combustion chamber model. Steel grated screen was removed to make modifications.
Poster info
Please prepare your poster to fit the dimensions listed below.
For best results, please prepare your poster to fit within the dark shaded area in the above diagram (4 feet x 4 feet, or 1.2 m x 1.2 m). Content placed in the lower portion of the board is not easily viewable by attendees. Note: The posters are fixed on stands and can not be rotated. Please prepare your materials to fit the indicated width and height.Mounting supplies are provided by the site.
Day 9
Attaching frame to grate
Attached grates to L-brace. Grates moved smoothly. Needs to be attached to worm gear in the future.
Start on Poster presentation
Day 8
Reassembled frame, repositioned bolts and nuts
Grates can move smoothly now steel was cut and bent to allow clearance.
Attended orientation for College Now program
Discussed syllabus for students (Solidworks)
