Day 10 - Finish the Collar Design
Last Friday we measured our motor spindles and used TinkerCad to draft out the collars we will need to apply mechanical energy to the motors. Today we will add a block, insert it atop the hole we made last week, and establish the flat edge the collar will need to grip the spindle. Then you will need to scale the entire design down to match the dimensions you took of the spindle so that the two are a perfect fit.
Once you complete this, get into your groups and begin sketching out your dynamo designs. If you are unsure what these might look like, research them!
- coil
- a layered loop of conductive material (such as copper); current through this loop will produce a magnetic field
- commutator
- a cylinder with a break in it such that as it spins it keeps breaking the circuit for a moment to allow a reversal of current
- current
- in electronics, it is the movement of electrons through a circuit; this movement can be direct (flow) or alternating (vibration)
- dynamo
- a generator that converts movement (mechanical energy) into electricity (electrical energy)
- electromagnetism
- the physics invovled with the flow of electrons and their magnetic fields
- generator
- in engineering, a generator is any device that outputs energy in a specific form (often electricity)
- magnetic field
- the accumulation of force from millions of electrons aligned in the same direction, making the substance behave like an ionic element
