Stichting Stunt, Delft, 2024
Client
Stichting Stunt, Delft
Duration
3 months
Year
2024
Software
Photoshop, Fusion 360, Notion
600 mm
H 830 mm
Design brief
Benchmark
Similar machine (CAD), source: crclarke.co.uk
Similar machine
Preparation
30 min
Output thickness
25 mm
Cavities & gaps
30 mm
Ideation
Concept 01
Tabletop
Concept 02
Tabletop
Concept 03
Standalone
Concept 04
Standalone
Concept 05
Tabletop
Concept 06
Standalone
Testing and optimising
Heating pattern study
Comparing element layouts for even, rapid melting across the plate.
Guiding poles test
Three pole layouts tested on a scale rig for smooth, level plate travel.
Heating plate force simulation
Stress check of the plate under pressing load.
Hands-free lifting mechanism
A jack-and-lever mechanism lifts the heated plate: the hands-free core of the design.
Thicker plastic sheet output
Sheets up to 40 mm, with cavities and gaps reduced to 3 to 4 mm.
Standalone version
A self-contained frame with its own control box, no workbench needed.
Similar machine
Preparation
30 min
Output
25 mm
Cavities & gaps
30 mm
Upress sheet 1
Preparation
30 min
Output
30 mm
Cavities & gaps
4 mm
Upress sheet 2
Best
Preparation
35 min
Output
40 mm
Cavities & gaps
3 mm
thicker sheets than the benchmark, from 25 mm to 40 mm
cavities and gaps inside the sheet, from 30 mm to 3 mm
My role
Ideation sketches
Explored tabletop and standalone layouts and lifting mechanisms by hand.
Heat & lift tests
Set up the heating-pattern and guiding-pole experiments on scale rigs.
CAD in Fusion 360
Modelled the frame, plates, jack and control box, and simulated the plate.
Technical drawings
Produced the general arrangement and the lifting-lever drawings.