JACQUART BRAIDING MACHINE
date:2023 with: -Lou Crouard-Maximillian Ernestus-Jesse Howard While working with a conventional little braiding machine (a design from Fraenz -https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jdi63u2LKI ), Lou expressed a wish to be able to braid a rope in any pattern on the fly . In the conventional machines the pattern is hardware-coded in the machine track. What we came up with was a machine that uses bobbins with a steel base. An old Ultimaker 3D-printed was converted, where the toolhead was
3D-PRINTING WITH WATER-SOLUBLE, BIODEGRADABLE MATERIALS
date: 2024 with: Jesse HowardJelle De DeckerMarta BoniakivskaLeonard De CausmaeckerJamie van Duuren at:https://timelab.org/events/1636-Summercamp-Fiber-Fever-24%253A-Exploring-Biomaterials During the 2024 timelab summercamp, the large Mikaki machine was converted to a Duet-controller and fitted with modified clay-extruders to experiment with different water-based mixtures. The extruders used were modified versions of the published extruders from: -Eduardo
CUSTOM CORKING MACHINE TO CLOSE ELECTRONICS-FILLED BEER BOTTLES UNDER PRESSURE
For an advertising campaign beyond.io created musical beer bottles that played music when opened. The electronics inside were triggered by a pressure drop when the bottle was opened. To achieve this effect a machine was needed that could semi-automatically close the bottles inside a 2-bar-pressurised chamber. Client: beyond.io / Tuborg Concept & project management: beyond.io Bottle electronics: Jelmer Machine design and construction: Lieven Standaert
TWIN MODEL VAWT-ROTORS FOR RESEARCH INTO INTERACTION OF CLOSELY-SPACED VERTICAL-AXIS WIND TURBINES
A set of matching contra-rotating VAWTs needed to be manufactured to study the interaction between the turbines as they are positioned close to each other. In certain positions, the interaction of the rotors caused them to sync up and produce more power than twice the rotors individually. To achieve this, two identical rotors had to be build that could operate reliably at 1800RPM, with a minimum weight. The rotors were constructed in carbon/aramide-composite in a multi-part aluminium
LOW-SPEED WIND TUNNEL
11kW wind tunnel with interchangeable measurement sections. Vmax=15m/sLasercut from 2mm steel sheetAll parts designed to be bolted/disassembled to fit through a 2mx2m door opening. 2016, design by Lieven Standaert and Tim De Troyer CAD, project management & realisation: Lieven Standaert Welding: Kristof Arickx and Lieven Standaert
WIND TRAILER
with: prof. ing. Tim De Troyer Mobile platform for wind generator testing, built for the wind energy research group at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel. Several variations on this kind of setup exist, using flatbed trucks or a fixture on the front of a SUV.Doing this as a trailer is not the most compact way to do this, but provides us with rapid setup times without modifying the car. The trailer has the benefit that it can be used in the field as a stationary mast. The m
TEXTILE CUTTER TO ROUTER CONVERSION
Conversion of a large portal textile cutting machine into a 3-axial router for BUDA lab Kortrijk. The original software and controller has been reconfigured to work as a 3-axial mill, in order to do milling work in plywood and thin sheets.A Kress milling motor was fitted to the existing tool plate.A custom enclosure was designed & built to provide dust extraction. aksaray escortseks hikayeleriaydın escortağrı escortbalıkesir escortbayburt escorterzincan escorte
PIGGOT WIND TURBINE
with: prof. Mark Runacres On the recommendation of Bob (http://gratefulfrog.net/) I attended a week-long course to build a Piggott wind turbine in Valence. I have known Piggott's book for a long time and jumped at the opportunity to build one. Blades are hand-carved out of red cedar, the generator is cast in polyester and runs on a drum brake bearing, the frame is welded steel tube. I didn't like the quality of my wel
MECCANO FURNITURE FOR FABLAB
: For the interior design of timelab, a series of modular elements were designed as an extra-large meccano set. The system was designed to be compatible with Thomas Lommee's Openstructures system. All tables, shelves & cart are constructed from 40x40mm square steel tubing, with holes drilled into them every 40mm. The connector plates are lasercut stainless steel in different shapes. In order to manufacture 400+ meter
miniCNC
date: 2010 with: timelab.org ; Kurt Van Houtte A design for a small, portable 3-axial CNC-mill. The miniCNC was developed and built at timelab in 2010-2011, with Kurt Van Houtte. It was published as an open-source kit and sold for less than 700 euro. The machine features a handle and an open floor. It was designed to sit on top of plywood sheets and mill things such as logo's into large tables or other flat surfaces. As a design exercise it was a study i