Video 1: Fall Quarter Presentation
Video 2: Winter Quarter Presentation
VDIEO 3: Spring Quarter Presentation
Carbon Fiber Recycler by Diana Fa'amausili with DJ Riley,Taylor Miller,Kezyah Mantanona
Intro
The students at Central Washington University have had the opportunity to design and construct a machine that recycles carbon fiber aircraft wing trimmings. The present state of the project has a developed crusher that delaminates aircraft wings to accommodate material at one foot per minute. After the delamination process, the material goes through the shredder to produce smaller carbon fiber pieces that could enter the pyrolysis device. This project will concentrate primarily on improving the system of the shredder as well as reduction at the final drive. The power transmission and the shredder are mechanically driven by chains that have disadvantages of being nosy, causing vibrations, and require precise alignment. The solution to this complication would be replacing the chains with synchronous belts to produce a more secure and efficient coordination from the crusher to the shredder and the shredder to the pyrolysis device.
Figure 1 : The previous chain drive design
Figure 2: The current synchronous belt drive design
Project Results
Test 1 Results: Measuring the RPMs of the Speed Reducer
Figure 3: The results for the first test procedure of the predicted and actual values of RPM on the driven sprocket.
Test 2 Results: Measuring the sound of the machine in operation
Figure 4: The results for the first test procedure of the predicted and actual values of RPM on the driven sprocket.
Test 3 Results: The length of the carbon fiber after existing the shredder
Figure 5: Sample size of 8 different pieces of carbon fiber
