In an assembly process for razor blades, currently an index-dwell mechanism is used to load blades from a magazine onto the machine's nests. To improve productivity, we developed a continuous-motion mechanism capable of moving 1500 ppm. The final design consists of fifteen tools rotating around the stationary cam. A blade loader slices blades off a stack and delivers them to the tool, which matches the velocity of the nests and releases the blades onto the nest within a precise location.

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Creator

• Berube, John Joseph
• Forcier, Matthew Paul

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• 03D169M

Advisor

• Norton, Robert L.

Year

• 2003

Sponsor

• The Gillette Company

Date created

• 2003-01-01

Resource type

• Major Qualifying Project

Major

• Mechanical Engineering

Rights statement

• In Copyright