Tenth Week
Nowadays we have a huge workload to do, the scheduled plan for this week has serveral activities to do from mesuaring up to drawing our solution to our current trouble. Our professor gave us new tasks to fullfil this monday.
On the other side, my teamwork and I have designed a turret, which is composed by six components . All of those components make our turret. Now I will describe a bit each one:
1) Body of the turret
Its main function is to hold the anchor bolt in the middle and other bushings. Its made of A36 which are pretty cheap. It counts with outstanding geometric and dimensional tolerances in order to support the toolhonder.
3) Quick adjustment lever
This is an element which helpt to activate the side block drums through the eccentric bushing, its quite fundamental at the moment of starting any operation inside the lathe.
We have made the pieces in 3D, for this we have used the
software program of Catia. Each group, both those of Maristak and those of
Salesians, have divided the work to have a good organization. we, Maristak,
have made the toolholder and Salesian, the turret. In each sub-assembly, we
have many parts that we have to assemble. When assembling the pieces to create or make the assembly,
we have not had any problems, since the catia tree is well made
For this we have communicated via
whatsapp and via video call.
For this Friday we have to deliver, a small explanation of
the pieces, because we use them and because we need them, with their respective
photos and 3D with their respective format.
On the other side, my teamwork and I have designed a turret, which is composed by six components . All of those components make our turret. Now I will describe a bit each one:
1) Body of the turret
Its main function is to hold the anchor bolt in the middle and other bushings. Its made of A36 which are pretty cheap. It counts with outstanding geometric and dimensional tolerances in order to support the toolhonder.
2) Eccentric bushing
Its main fuction is to move the side block drums which constraints any kind of movement from tool holder.
3) Quick adjustment lever
This is an element which helpt to activate the side block drums through the eccentric bushing, its quite fundamental at the moment of starting any operation inside the lathe.
4) Side block drums
This element helps to lock the tool holder to be stated in a specific position which mean it makes the tool holder be positioned in one point.
Here there is a sample of our turret in one piece:
