Week 6:- Clamp Unit & Pin-Clamp Unit Design Challenge
- Design 3 Different types of Swivel Clamp Unit with Different Riser, Blade and Clamp Arm for the given Car Panel.
- Design a Pin-Clamp unit for the given Car Panel.
Aim: To Design 3 Different types of Swivel Clamp Unit with Different Riser, Blade and Clamp Arm for the given Car Panel & Design a Pin-Clamp Unit for the given Car Panel with the optimum use of material & space constraint.
Introcution:
Swivel Clamp unit: Swivel Clamp unit is unit designed to clamp / hold the car panel with NC blocks/ mylar/ rest by using a pneumatic clamp cylinder & below are different parts of a clamp unit in general. Usually clamp open position is 90°. Fingers are attached to clamp mylar. In clamp unit shim to one side is more enough because it will restrict translation motion in upward & downward direction only. There is another type of clamp unit knows as swivel type. There is pivot pin around which clamp arm rotate along with swivel cylinder
Theory:
Factors should be considered while designing a clamp unit:
- There should be adequate space between the cylinder & another part like riser, car panel because cylinder moves or swing while opening & closing
- Pin clamp unit used where two panel or component are located for welding.
- Clamping make in such way that it clamps two car panels at once
- All parts should snap & butt properly to each other.
- Make sure that parts of the clamping unit are 10 to 12 mm away from car panel so they do not damage car panel
- Avoid any clash. It will not arises issue at assembly.
Designs of swivel clamps and swivel pin clamp unit:
Swivel clamp 1
Swivel clamp 1 assembly with plate
swivel clamp 1 have one swivel cylinder, T- riser, Block, two top mylers and two bottom mylers, stopper block, clamp arm
Swivel clamp 2
Swivel clamp 2 assembly with plate
swivel clamp 2 have one swivel cylinder, L - riser, Block, two top mylers and two bottom mylers, stopper block, clamp arm
Swivel clamp 3
Swivel clamp 3 assembly with plate
swivel clamp 3 have one swivel cylinder, l- riser, Block, one top mylers and one bottom mylers, stopper block, clamp arm
Swivel clamp pin unit
Swivel clamp pin unit assembly with plate
swivel clamp pin unit 3 have one swivel cylinder, T- riser, Block, one top mylers and one bottom mylers, stopper block, clamp arm, pin, shims, pin retractor
Assembly of all parts