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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"

Total Cost

Vex Base Plates

$15.00

$0.00

12" Long Linear Slide Track

$7.48

$0.00

17.5" Long Linear Slide Track

$9.48

$0.00

Chassis - Bumper

$5.83

$0.00

Chassis - Rails

$4.13

$0.00

Plate 5x5 holes

$1.50

$5.98

Plate 15x5 holes

$2.50

$0.00

Plate 5x25 holes

$3.75

$11.24

Bar 1x25 holes

$1.62

$0.00

Angles

$4.50

$0.00

C-Channel

$4.50

$0.00

Gussets - any type

$0.99

$1.98

Line Tracker

$13.33

$26.66

Bumper Switch

$6.50

$0.00

Metal Parts
2

Input/Output/Motor
s

Limit Switch

$6.50

$0.00

Flashlight

$12.99

$0.00

Potentiometer

$6.50

$0.00

Optical Shaft Encoder

$10.00

$0.00

Ultrasonic Range Finder

$29.99

$0.00

Light Sensor

$19.99

$0.00

3-Wire Servo

$19.99

$0.00

2-Wire Motor

$14.99

$0.00

Intake Roller

$2.00

$0.00

6-tooth Sprocket

$2.14

$0.00

12-tooth Sprocket

$2.14

$0.00

18-tooth Sprocket

$2.14

$0.00

24-tooth Sprocket

$2.14

$0.00

30-tooth Sprocket

$2.14

$0.00

12-tooth gears

$0.70

$0.00

36-tooth gears

$0.90

$0.00

60-tooth gears

$1.00

$0.00

84-tooth gears

$1.30

$0.00

19-tooth rack gear

$1.25

$0.00

Worm gears

$0.70

$0.00

24-tooth bevel gear

$0.90

$0.00

Worm wheel

$1.00

$0.00

Differential frame

$2.00

$0.00

Delrin Slide Track (pair)

$1.00

$0.00

Claw kit assembly

$19.99

$0.00

Winch and pully Parts

$14.99

$0.00

Conveyor-belt Parts (10 inch)

$5.00

$0.00

Tank Tread Parts

$29.99

$0.00

Chain Links 10 inch

$3.11

$0.00

2.75" Wheel

$2.50

$0.00

4" or 5" Wheel

$5.00

$0.00

Motion Parts
2

Misc. Fasteners
x

Spacers

Washers

Nuts

Rivets

Standoff

Screws

Bearings and lock bars

Shaft Collars

TOTAL
COST OF
PROJECT

$65.20

Decision Matrix Template

Criteria
Ideas

Gabe

Lydia

Katie

Amount of
Materials
Required

Difficulty to
Construct
(Easiest =
1)

Difficulty to
Program
(Easiest =
1)

Stability

Safety

12

11

11

1-5 (1 is best/easiest and 5 is worst/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

Totals

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