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Conveyor Belt
Project 3.2.1 VEX and RobotC
Gabe Abney-Katie Hebert-Lydia Tran
4/13/2015

DESIGN BRIEF
Client Company:

SPHS

Target Consumer:

Construction Workers

Problem Statement:

Construction workers cannot get enough

materials to building site quickly

Design Statement:

The design is to make a conveyer belt that

goes back and forth several times and will
then stop once limit switch is pressed after
one more rotation

Constraints:

Constraints were time, supplies, and work

ethic

PICTURES OF FINAL SOLUTION

ROBOTC CODE FOR FINAL SOLUTION

RESULTS AND CONCLUSIONS

The objectives accomplished were creating a belt that can bring materials back and forth and then
stopping when needed. Smaller objectives consist of finding the right treads. Problems during the
project included downsizing, having way too large rods, and uncontrolled motors that moved too fast.
This project could lead to future innovations for construction workers to transport supplies. The results
were actually vastly different from the initial ideas which consisted of a car going back and forth. We
learned that we cant have too much or too little of treads to make the perfect tight tread and that the
speed and time are correlated to each other in how the marker moves.

APPENDIX

Materials
Quantity

Description

"Price"

TotalCost

MetalParts

VexBasePlates

$15.00

$0.00

12"LongLinearSlideTrack

$7.48

$0.00

17.5"LongLinearSlideTrack

$9.48

$0.00

ChassisBumper

$5.83

$0.00

ChassisRails

$4.13

$0.00

Plate5x5holes

$1.50

$5.98

Plate15x5holes

$2.50

$0.00

Plate5x25holes

$3.75

$11.24

Bar1x25holes

$1.62

$0.00

Angles

$4.50

$0.00

CChannel

$4.50

$0.00

Gussetsanytype

$0.99

$1.98

Input/Output/Motor
s

LineTracker

$13.33

$26.66

BumperSwitch

$6.50

$0.00

LimitSwitch

$6.50

$0.00

Flashlight

$12.99

$0.00

Potentiometer

$6.50

$0.00

OpticalShaftEncoder

$10.00

$0.00

UltrasonicRangeFinder

$29.99

$0.00

LightSensor

$19.99

$0.00

3WireServo

$19.99

$0.00

2WireMotor

$14.99

$0.00

MotionParts

IntakeRoller

$2.00

$0.00

6toothSprocket

$2.14

$0.00

12toothSprocket

$2.14

$0.00

18toothSprocket

$2.14

$0.00

24toothSprocket

$2.14

$0.00

30toothSprocket

$2.14

$0.00

12toothgears

$0.70

$0.00

36toothgears

$0.90

$0.00

60toothgears

$1.00

$0.00

84toothgears

$1.30

$0.00

19toothrackgear

$1.25

$0.00

Wormgears

$0.70

$0.00

24toothbevelgear

$0.90

$0.00

Wormwheel

$1.00

$0.00

Differentialframe

$2.00

$0.00

DelrinSlideTrack(pair)

$1.00

$0.00

Clawkitassembly

$19.99

$0.00

WinchandpullyParts

$14.99

$0.00

ConveyorbeltParts(10inch)

$5.00

$0.00

TankTreadParts

$29.99

$0.00

ChainLinks10inch

$3.11

$0.00

2.75"Wheel

$2.50

$0.00

4"or5"Wheel

$5.00

$0.00

Misc.Fasteners

Spacers

Washers

Nuts

Rivets

Standoff

Screws

Bearingsandlockbars

ShaftCollars

$65.20

TOTAL
COSTOF
PROJECT

DecisionMatrixTemplate

Criteria
Ideas

Amountof
Materials
Required

Totals

Gabe

Difficultyto
Construct
(Easiest=
1)

Difficultyto Stability
Program
(Easiest=
1)

3
2

Safety

12

Lydia

11

Katie

11

15(1isbest/easiestand5isworst/hardest)

Brainstorming ideas
Has wheels
2 motors
tread links
stability
plate to make it stable
rods
small
large
fast
bump switch
line follower
limit switch
car