Molins

Oct 1996 to Sept 1997
Sector:
FMCG factory plant. Special purpose machinery / factory machinery for cigarette mass production.

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Overview: 
Design and draw from scratch using Pro-E 3D CAD (R17 version) a ‘first of a kind’ cigarette Buffer Stack machine for high speed (15k / min) cigarette production line machinery. Design solution innovated from a ‘Requirement Spec’ document, and the design had to interface with other major modules of factory equipment.
Ciarrette making machine. (Buffer Stack module is at far left in this photo.)
Dual conveys of the Buffer Stack module.
Work with:
1/ The design of “Full tray” out-feed section of a tray-filling machine for buffering cigarette production.
2/ Concept design of the machine, detail design, BoMs and full drawing pack, created from a requirement spec.
3/ Motor sizing and drive mechanisms, and calculations for moments, gas strut pin strength, and ‘topple’ accelerations.
4/ Materials and components selection, castings, guards, and welded frames.
5/ Logic control diagrams for machine functions, and
6/ Organised 3 staff for some detail drawings completion to meet deadlines, and offered permanent employment
Machine elements. Yellow = conveyors. Blue = Chassis frame. Green = accelerator coveyor. Orange = catcher trays.
Rear 3/4 view. This end butts onto the main 'Maker' machine
Rear 3/4 view. This end is for machine operator monitoring, andtray loading / unloading.
Full features view during mid phase of the design - nothing surpressed, but not yet the mature design either.
Chassis member manufacturing drawing for a welded sub-assembly.
Underside view of the conveyor drives. (The accelerator conveyor shown green, and gas strut in magenta.)
Calculations for the Accelerator tray, and gas strut loads. 
The gas strut lifts the conveyor for underside maintenance.
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