Clamping Arm Block Improvements
- Alison Thompson
Big Project | Project | Project Manager |
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Comp Drone 2025 | Frame | @Alison Thompson |
Task Description
The existing clamping arm blocks have problems with the top and bottom heat-set inserts pulling out. We would like to make improvements to this design in order to prevent this. CAD for the existing clamping blocks can be found in PDM here: WARG_CAD\COMP2025\X-Frame\Arm Clamp. You can make a duplicate of this assembly in a sub-folder called “Heat-set redesign” and make your changes in that version.
Constraints
Constraints | Written By | Append Date |
|---|---|---|
Uses existing arm clamp design | @Alison Thompson | Sep 17, 2024 |
Prevents heat sets from popping out | @Alison Thompson | Sep 17, 2024 |
Assignees
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Task Progression/Updates
Author: @Alison Thompson Date: Sep 17, 2024
Initial Ideas
There are two approaches I am thinking of that you can try:
Change where heatset is inserted to be down through the arm hole
Have to consider if there is space to fit a soldering iron in there to install the heat-set, particularly challenging for the top heatsets
Insert a threaded piece of aluminum into the print that replaces the heat-sets
The first approach is preferable because we won’t have any added weight, I’d suggest starting there, we can prototype and then decide if the other way makes more sense.