Horizontal hot press transmission/drive system assembly manufacturability
study and redesign for manufacture.
The project goal to assess the manufacturability of the current design, based on the included drawing packages,
under production conditions. This assembly is intended for a coastal environment and thus the materials must
be corrosion resistant. Further, the machine is to be manually assembled in a confined space where there is
limited access for lifting devices. The drawing packages detail a transmission/drive system for a horizontal hot
press capable of 250ºF and 10,000 lbf per drive unit. Four serapid chain drives are used to power the heated
platen. (These are drives that push a chain without chain buckling.) Load cells in series with each chain are
used in control of the system. The structural framework supports four serapid drive units (~45 lb each) and is
the reaction point for the platen loads. Outboard of the transmission drive framework is the reducer/motor
mounting plate
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