Challenge: Construct a Distinctive Coin Sorting Device
Overview: You are tasked with designing and building an original coin sorting system that can accurately separate U.S. pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters. Your solution should demonstrate both technical proficiency and creative thinking, resulting in a device that is unlike existing commercial products.
Time: 32 seconds
5 Dimes
7 Pennies
8 Nickels
8 Quarters
Sketch
Hopper
Side: 5.5 in.
Length: 6.5 in.
Test print for the tube that the coins fall through
Final prototype
Length is longer and the holes are more spread out
10.5 x .5 in.
Sorter for the coins
L: 9in.
W: 3.5in.
H: 2in.
Motor for the vibrating hopper
Supports for hopper
Final coin sorter