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AUTOMATED CYMBAL HAMMER

Currently, cymbals are made by hand, by hammering dimples into them manually. This is a slow process, producing about 10 cymbals per operator in an 8 hour shift. The repeated motion can be harmful on joints. Lastly, this process is very costly.

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Automate the process. This will achieve greater cymbal output, save money and prevent human injury. This involves mechanis, design, sizing motors, selecting parts and creating a BOM, force analysis, CAD modelling, and financial analysis. full force analysis, material selection, cost and investment analysis.

This was a vertical design to save floor space, bringing the cymbals up from a stack to be dimpled and completed. The design utilized timing belts and a ball jointed piston, and is locked in place and rotated using a friction drive mounted on a locking ball screw mechanism. Initial design/iteration (drawing) and final design (CAD):

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