Automation Through Programming

Task #10

Freight Elevator Challenge

 

So this time, things are slightly different. Unlike the Mechanical Gears System, where we built every single one of the gear systems in order, we have to do different projects at random.  Mr. Reyes gave us different projects by giving us a random paper with a number on it, and that usually indicates which task we have to build. Unfortunately, we got task #10, which was to build an elevator. Well, at least the upside is how it prevents people from copying each other's projects. Anyways, our task is to build an elevator that is able to visit 3 floors of the factory; the ground, floor 1 and floor 2. For this specific build, my job is a computer engineer. It's my responsibility to make sure that the elevator would rise to the floor where the button is pressed and return to the ground 2 seconds later. The space between each floor has to be about 3 inches apart. In addition to that, there must be enough space for 3 limit switches in the elevator to direct to each floor. There are also limit switches on each floor to call for the elevator and a sensor that can detect the elevator. 

 

Next up, Elaine sketched and came up with the design of the gear system. It turns out we'll be using a pulley gear to move the elevator vertically up and down. Since the C-channel will be attached to the wall, there would be a slider the elevator is attached to in the C-channel, so only the elevator would move, not the whole thing. The picture on the bottom is a sketch of the build. It'll help with the description of the build. The picture below that is a screen shot of my programming and the actual Freight Elevator built.