David Bever

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Assembly and Operation Animation
of An Injection Molding Machine
David Bever Veronica Otero Kai S. Hsu Stephanie
Hill Samuel Negash
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Benefits of Animation

• Assembly Animation -Aid in design of assembly
  process -Guides to assembly and maintenance
  procedures -Sales and marketing tool -Design
  reviews tool
• Operation Animation -Visual aid to
  comprehension of operation -Sales and marketing
  tool -Design review tool

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Project Overview

• Background research
• Take measurements of machine components
• Create part drawings
• Create assembly
• Determine an assembly process
• Animate Assembly
• Animate Operation

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Background Research

• What is an injection molding machine?
• How does it work?

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Major Components
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Major Components
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Creation of Assembly

• Parts do not fit -Errors in measuring accuracy
  -Oversimplification of part complexity
• Parts were left out -Elimination of non-vital
  components

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Creation of Animation

• Determination of Assembly Order
• Part Interaction
• -Part size and location
• -Clearance of parts
• Human Factors -Logical Process
• -Maneuverability of Part
• -Access to part in assembly

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Assembly Animation
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Operation Animation
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Conclusion

• Creation of Assembly Process -Part Interaction
  -Human Factors -Accurate Part Drawings
• Creation of Animations -Application to Real
  World
• Appreciation of CAD knowledge