Plastic Shredder
| MachineInfoBox Plastic Shredder | |
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| Synonyms: | DE: Kunststoffschredder, Plastikschredder, Kunststoffschneidmühle, Plastikschneidmühle |
| Material: | plastics |
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| Manual: | preciousplastic.com (build instructions) |
| Tutors: | Lukas NitramLegov<ul><li>The part "recycling machine" of the query was not understood.Results might not be as expected.</li> <!--br--><li>The part "]]" of the query was not understood.Results might not be as expected.</li></ul> |
[[Has caption::Precious Plastic recycling machine| ]]
This machine is still under construction, but over time the page should contain more and more information!
The shredder is the first machine we are building for the Precious Plastic project as all the other machines require small, somewhat uniform pieces of plastic as their raw material.
We should remember to take some photos with each step, so that we can put together a nice build log like this one in the end!
Materials
Armin got the laser cut parts and two flange bearings; they are in a box in the metal workshop.
Lukas contributed a piece of 27 mm (Schlüsselweite) hexagonal steel.
The motor we are going to use was supplied by the CoMakingSpace and Johannes ordered a suitable gearbox:
- 3 kW, approx. 1500 rpm Drehstrom-Asynchron-Motor
- gearbox: ??
- switches:
- emergency stop: TBD, should be 24 V (similar to the one at the CNC router)
- Motorschutzschalter: TBD
- Wahlschalter rechts/links (direction selector?): TBD
- hopper cover safety switch (should stop motor when open): TBD
We have a small selection of perforated metal plate (Lochblech) that could be adapted (cut and perhaps re-drilled) to be the "sieves" determining the particle size that comes out of the shredder.
Other materials include threaded rods and other metal parts that we should already have at the Space.
Tasks
The following tasks should be sufficient in order to assemble the shredder. If everybody is fine with github, we can also move this task list into a project on github. Please contact Martin if you want this to be done.
| Number | Relevant Part | Task | Status | Responsible | possible tools |
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| 1 | Shredder | Buy lasercutted parts for the shredder itself | Done | Armin | - |
| 2 | Shredder | Buy the hexagonal Steel | Done | Lukas | - |
| 3 | Shredder | Adjust the hexagonal steel | Done | Johannes, Armin | Metal Lathe |
| 4 | Shredder | Assemble the Shredder | Done | Flor | - |
| 4.1 | Shredder | sharpen the blades | mostly(?) done | Flor, Armin | bench grinder |
| 4.2 | Shredder | harden the blades | not started | who else would like to help? | Luca's & Chris' furnace?! |
| 5 | Shredder | weld the assembled shredder parts together | mostly done - Lochblech holder is missing! | Luzian | Welding Transformer |
| 6 | Shredder | make a hand crank for first tests | Done | - | |
| 7 | Motor | set up suitable motor - we have a motor (3 kW, 1500 rpm) and ordered a gear box (target speed approx. 70 rpm), they need to be mated | not started | Johannes, who else would like to help? | gear puller (can hopefully be borrowed), metal lathe |
| 8 | Motor | attach the gearbox to the shredder axis | waiting for 7 | who else would like to help? | metal lathe |
| 9 | Motor | switches - select & install an emergency stop, direction selector and a Motorschutzschalter | waiting for 8 | Johannes, who else would like to help? | - |
| 10 | Framework | design the framework | exchanged some ideas (depends on 7) | Armin, who else would like to help? | - |
| 11 | Framework | buy the needed parts | waiting for 10 | who else would like to help? | - |
| 12 | Framework | Assemble the framework | waiting for 11 | who else would like to help? | Welding Transformer |
| 13 | Hopper | Decide on the Material | Done (all metal, window could be added later) | - | - |
| 14 | Hopper | Assemble the hopper | Done | Flor | Welding Transformer |
| 15 | Hopper | add a clear cover and a safety switch (endstop) that recognizes when the cover is open | not started | who else would like to help? | - |
| 16 | Overall | put it all together | waiting for 9 and 12 | who else would like to help? | - |
| 17 | Overall | security check, define the introduction | waiting for 16 | at least 1 manager, who else would like to help? | - |
