Project 03 · Stichting Stunt · Delft · 2024
Client
Stichting Stunt, Delft
Duration
3 months
Year
2024
Software
Photoshop · Fusion 360 · Notion
600 mm
H 830 mm
01 / Design brief
02 / Benchmark
Similar machine · CAD · source: crclarke.co.uk
Similar machine
Preparation
30 min
Output thickness
25 mm
Cavities & gaps
30 mm
03 / Ideation
Concept 01
Tabletop
Concept 02
Tabletop
Concept 03
Standalone
Concept 04
Standalone
Concept 05
Tabletop
Concept 06
Standalone
04 / Testing & 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
05 / 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.