This system we decided to construct was aimed at usage in a postal sorting office or warehouse. Currently the Royal Mail only has two sorting offices that use mechanics rather than hand to sort post, with plans to introduce more mechanisation.
Our system needed to be able to remove void parcels from a conveyor belt, as per a human would, and sort them in to 3 categories; too wide, too tall and too heavy. We had several options as to how this could be done, but in the end it was decided that we should use a combination of optical sensors and pressure sensors.
After designing a pneumatic system the next step was to run a simulation on a software called FESTO. This software would test the simulation to see if it would work.
After many different alterations to the simulation it started running smoothly. After running the simulation smoothly a few times it was then time to build the system by hand.
Once the simulation was a success the group then went about building the pneumatic system. This build would represent the postal system we were trying to create.
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Pneumatic and Hydraulic systems
The task was to design a Pneumatic system that could work for everyday properties.
This task was completed by seven 3rd year students: Myself, Marcus Roome, Charlie Schofield, Karl Batchelor, Sam Brown, Megann Shufflebotham
