Week 6:- Clamp Unit & Pin-Clamp Unit Design Challenge

AIM: To design a 3-swivel Clamping Unit with a 100mm stroke length along a given car surface.

Introduction:

-FOr a given 3D surface locating clamps in respective areas to provide support for the surface as well as clamp the unit so that the surface do not rotate.

A clamp unit is designed to hold the car panel with NC blocks. The pins are attavhed with the help of pneumatic cylinder arrangement.

Different types of clamps parts are: Fingers, Rest unit, Clamp arm, clamp cylinder.

Fingers are also called as clamp arm. They are used to press the car surface towards the rest surface, so that car pannel is hold correctly.

Rest Unit: The car panel on which it rest on bottom is the rest unit.It resist the clamping force of fingers.

Clamp Arm: Fingers are attached to clamp arm so that clamp can be open & closed accordingly.The opening of clamp arm is connected to swivel cylinder. Clamps arm are bOP that are available in middle A10 arm, right A11 arm & left A12 arm.

Clamp Cylinder: It is also a BOP. It is penumatic or hydraulic device that works with pressurised fluid.It is used to open & closed the clamp arm.

PIN : Pin helps in location & arresting the degres of freedom. PIn is attached to hydraulic or pneumatic cylinder arrangement.

Risers: Form the base foundation to which the whole unit Pin unit is attached.

Tree:

Station 1:

Station 2:

Station 3:

# Model

link of drive:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1AXobq6zJnEPfuR7l863WLwL6wxbKpbyL/view?usp=sharing