building plastic robot platforms
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Building Plastic Robot Platforms. Presented by Bill Green. Advantages of Plastics. Cheap! Certain plastics are extremely strong, approaching the tensile strength of such light metals as copper and aluminum Some plastic is “unbreakable”. Types of plastic. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Building Plastic Robot Platforms
Presented by Bill Green
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Advantages of Plastics
Cheap!
Certain plastics are extremely strong, approaching the tensile strength of such light metals as copper and aluminum
Some plastic is “unbreakable”
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Types of plastic
ABS (acrylonitrile butadiene styrene) Acrylic Cellulosics Epoxies Nylon Phenolics Polycarbonate
Polyethylene Polypropylene Polystyrene Polyurethane PVC (polyvinyl chloride) Silicone
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Cutting Plastic Most plastics come with a double sided protective covering
and should be kept on when cutting
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Polishing Plastic Plastic that has been cut or scored usually has rough
edges
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Drilling Plastic Drilling speed should be about 500
to 1000 rpm for twist bits and 1000 to 2000 rpm for spade bits
Always back the plastic with a wooden block
Practice on a piece of scrap until you get the technique right!
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Shaping Plastic Apply low localized heat
Other alternatives• Hair dryer• Oven
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Gluing Plastic Most plastics aren’t really glued together – they’re
cemented
See the plastic bonding guide on my Beetlebots web page
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Buying Plastic Hardware stores have limited selection
Yellow pages => Plastics – Retail
Have link on web page
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Pekee Robot
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Dragonbot Pretty straightforward
Only recommendation is to make sure to grease the gears and the shafts for quicker acceleration
Be careful not to let any grease get into the exposed circuitry