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Guidelines for the project
Guidelines for the project
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.
Criteria:
Must sort pennies, nickels, dimes, and quarters with 100% accuracy.
System must have a vibrating hopper system. The system will be provided (switch, battery case, and motor)
3D printed parts can be designed, printed and utilized in the system.
Recommended construction materials (cardboard, foamboard, duct tape, hot glue gun)
Creativity is required. Your system must be unique in someway.
Constraints:
The system cannot take up more space than a 1ft squared.
Must be completed within a specified time.
Materials cannot be purchased.
Sketch of the idea
Sketch of the idea
Our design included a shoot with three tracks to sort. Once the coins fell into their designated spots, they followed a track into a box where they were collected.
Biases for ideas
Biases for ideas
Apa Citations
Apa Citations
Interesting Engineering. (2022, February 22). Get your coins in order fast with this DIY coin sorting machine. Interesting Engineering. https://interestingengineering.com/videos/coin-sorting-machine
The Q. (2017). DIY Automatic C`oin Sorting Machine from Cardboard v2.0 [YouTube Video]. In YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8eXM93Wyrro
Pieces of the design
Pieces of the design
This is the autocad file of the collection boxes
Here is what it looked lik when assembled
There will be three of these that will sort the coins
Here are the three pieces lined up to sort coins
The supports for the system
Here is a visualization of the supports on the system
The side pieces are shown on the right and the little seperators were 3d printed
These will be used as the walls at the top that funnel the coins
Final Product
Final Product
Here is the final product for the front
The side view of the product
Gif of the sorter in action
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