Machine Chip Disposal System

Matthew An Casey Cole Blake Fardulis Kate Nichols Wesley Schumacher Andrew Stiller Aleksey Volkov
Logistics Manager Test Engineer Project Manager Manufacturing Engineer Systems Engineer CAD Engineer Financial Manager

Background Machine Design Simulation Analysis

• Accu-Precision: aerospace and Clamps
industrial manufacturer in Littleton, CO • Attaches to
• Daily machining operations yield hundreds of dumpsters
• Restricts
pounds of metal chips to be recycled
movement
• Recycling process requires machinists to lift and during
tip bins into large dumpsters by hand operation
• Dangerous and takes away from machining time

Current Disposal
• Average one chip disposal per machine everyday
~30 disposals/day Forks
• Disposal process takes two machinists ~15 • Compatible with
minutes/disposal both bin sizes
Pillow Block Bearings
• Human hours: 15 hours/day or ~450 hours/month • 6600 lbs. each

Electronics

Project Requirements
ü Operable by a single machinist
ü Capable of lifting and disposing up to 600 lbs. of
Swivel Caster Safety Button
total weight (machine chips and bin) Rotational
Wheels • Activated when
ü No actuation if swing arm not completely closed • 800 lbs. each Swing Arm swing arm is closed Actuators
ü No movement of the device when power lost • Physical barrier between • Cuts off current to • 3000 lbs. each Vertical Actuator
ü Entire disposal process takes < 10 minutes machine and operator all actuators • 2000 lbs.
• Allows side access for bin
ü Compatible with both the large and small bin
loading
ü Safety Factor of ~ 5

Dumpster Layout Machine Motion Process Safety and Testing

Two dumpster • Device weighs over 1000 lbs.
Dumpster-to-wall sizes • Lifts 500 lbs. of chips over 8 ft in the air
constraint • Device has built-in safety redundancies
• Tests basic features and then progresses to full scale
• Pass/Fail testing program logs successes and failures

5.25 ft
Impact
• Saves Accu-Precision ~300 hours/month of time
• Reduces handling time and physical strain
Dumpster-to-post 4.5 ft Clamp machine and Load bin and close Vertically actuate to Rotationally actuate • Increases safety and efficiency in machine shop
constraint open swing arm swing arm height of dumpster until bin empties • Improves Accu-Precision's company economics

Acknowledgements
Michael McCue | Alex Doman | Rebecca Komarek | Daria Kotys-Schwartz | Cory Spyres | Shirley Chessman | Julie Steinbrenner | Greg Potts | Chase Logsdon | Pat Maguire | Sean Wilcox