Spring Loaded Vicegrip (Dauskardt Group)

What?

  • Create a mechanism that holds a spin coated silicon substrate under the plasma to prevent it from blowing away

  • Minimize human operator error from current process of holding it down

How?

  • Designed on Fusion360

  • Automated a earlier version using Fusion360

  • Metal Laser cut stainless steel and aluminum to create components

  • Used Band Saw to cut down raw material

  • Used Manual Mill to face, drill, and tap to create

Results

  • Has reduced failure based on blowing away to zero

  • Has added a standard method that is more presentable to companies

  • Used DFM principles to reduce overall part production cost and ease manufacturing

Prototypes, Prior Designs, and Inspiration

  • Rack and Pinion Automated Mechanism

    Proof of Concept

  • Rack and Pinion Vice 1st Design

    Initial Design

  • Rack and Pinion Vice 2nd Design

    Updated Design

  • First CAD Model

    Proof of Concept

  • SubCup Prototype

    Spring Loaded Vice

    Final Design

More About Vicegrip

    • Machining takes time

    • You need to pick the right materials for the job

    • Allows give yourself more time than you need

    • Design for Manufacturing is very important

    • No Future Plans at the Moment

    • Made with help by Gabriel Cabdillo and Stanford Project Realization Lab CA's

    • Funded by the Dauskardt Lab