The sponsoring company for this project has a cartridge transfer station which uses a gripper loading mechanism to transfer their finished products from the assembly conveyor into shipping containers. Currently, this gripping mechanism is actuated by physical contact with the product, causing undesired surface deformations and chipped product housings within the finished product. The project team developed and designed a new gripper loading mechanism, which utilizes a spring dampened toggle-linkage gripper to pick and place the product. This new linkage system is actuated by a pneumatic cylinder, a method currently being utilized by the sponsor. This new mechanism does not contact the product during its loading, completely eliminating physical deformations in the finished products.

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Creator

• La Bella, Antonia D.
• Kellas, Matthew Jesse
• Vanacore, Mark F
• Hoag, Stephanie Rae

Contributors

• D’Agostino, Martin

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-042412-114833

Advisor

• Norton, Robert L.

Year

• 2012

Center

• Gillette -Boston, Massachusetts Project Center - MQP

Sponsor

• Gillette / Procter and Gamble

Date created

• 2012-04-24

Location

• Boston

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright