Aaron McKenzie | Mold B

Design

Full Assembly

Wire pulled through joints bends silicone arm

Wire Retainer

Wire is glued into hole in the retainer

Joints

Joints can flex about thin base plate. Base plate locates joints relative to each other to allow designed range of motion

Silicone Arm

Volume: 5176.03 mm^3

Estimated Mass (EcoFlex 00-30): 5.4g

Solidworks Files zip folder: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1utghJZBrgKTksT-dKjwnOcxXw6yIsabk/view?usp=sharing

STLs zip file: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ur0FPme_Rb3QgO5giWpFPWsS3l0zE7w1/view?usp=sharing

Results

unfortunately the small segments were lost in the solvent bath, I didn’t have a working prototype. Additionally, the hole of the wire retainer piece was too small and was filled in by the print material, so a wire was unable to be inserted.


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