Zack Burchman Travis Gang

Dana GeerRyan Neary

Matt Seekins

Faculty Advisor: Mike RosenGMCR Contacts: Wade Hodge

Paul ComeyJason King

Designed the foundation for entire K-Cup recycling process

Focus on detailed design and construction of foil weld and coffee ground removal sub-systems

Lid/No Lid Sensor Heat and Punch Component

• Will break foil weld• Fully automated

Vacuum• Will remove foil and grounds• Fully automated

Heating element custom made by Watlow Electric Manufacturing Company

Pneumatic pistons will drive motion Cup is raised to contact heating

element, lowered, then punch lowers to break weld

Current vacuums in use

Winter Break: Team members research and design designated parts

We will conduct compatibility checks and purchase parts throughout January

February• Dana begins work on building the vacuum and

cup holder• Travis and Zack begin building the riser system,

and later start the punch• Matt will test the sensors and power supply

while designing the control system• Everyone is helping design and purchase the

framework

March• Dana begins to test on the cup holder and

will finish the vacuum and begin to troubleshoot it

• Travis and Zack start the heating element and continue building the punch, testing begins on the riser and later on the punch and heating element

• Matt begins to integrate the control system, sensors, and power supply to the machine

• The framework building begins

April• Everything is built and each individual parts

are tested and debugged• It is all put together and debugged

Start

Design Heat/Punch

Design Vacuum

Sensors

Heating System

Punching System

Power Supply

Design Framework

Control subsystems

Vacuum System

Build Framework

Test Subsystems

Assembled Machine

Integrate Control

Subsystems

Test Machine

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Critical Path: 14 weeks

Cup is placed into die A force is applied to the punch Punch comes down slicing off ring Cup falls down through the die and moves on to

next stage for sorting The ring, which remains on top of the die, is blow off

into a waste compartment Adaptable to any system 3 steel rods, bearings, springs

Thanks to GMCR for coming out!