What is a carousel? (Mechatronics)

[SpiraRoam]

Homework Statement

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carousel_(disambiguation)

This may sound like a ridiculous question, but I'm required to do a presentation on mechanical aspects of mechatronics - specifically explaining what a carousel is. However, the internet doesn't seem to know what one is in electrical engineering either.

Homework Equations

The Attempt at a Solution

I've looked on lots of websites and consulted three mechatronics book from my reading list but I can't locate a definition anywhere.[/B]

 

[donpacino]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carousel

Do you mean the amusement park ride? It goes around in a circle with horses and seats. It could also be just a unit that spins, such as for rotating trains or cars.

From an engineering standpoint, it needs some way to convert electrical power into rotational mechanical power and control the speed.

 

[SpiraRoam]

Haha, I wish it was the amusement park ride!

So is it a mechanism that converts electrical power into rotational mechanical power, and vice versa? I assume it's comprised of gears, belts, links and joints as well as a motor of some sort?

 

[donpacino]

I'm fairly sure its just a generic term for a piece of equipment that moves items around and completes its path. Assuming this is for a project, I would pick a specific type, define it, then do your project on that. Or tell your proffesor "Hey this is a very generic statement, I'm adding these constraints" and see what they say.

https://www.google.com/search?q=man...mN_XAhVG1CYKHXzRCj0Q_AUICygC&biw=1440&bih=763

 

[SpiraRoam]

Thanks a lot. 'Manufacturing', 'motorised' and 'industrial' search terms seem to be producing better webpages now. I need to:

- Provide Schematic of the chosen part
▪ Model the mechanical behaviour
▪ Explain the working principle
▪ Identify the different part of the system
(links, joints, gears, etc.)
▪ Give details on the material used and the
- Highlight the manufacturing process

 

[Mark44]

@SpiraRoam, the wiki disambiguation page that you provided has links to two kinds of carousels that might be pertinent here.
Baggage carousel, like at airports - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baggage_carousel
Data and object carousel, a way in which data is pushed from a sender to multiple receivers - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_and_object_carousel

 

[tygerdawg]

"Carousel" also applies to material handling equipment. One variant of the design is a series of hanging multi-tier storage racks set on a motorized overhead track conveyor. It provides high-density material storage with a single access point.

 

[Tom.G]

Google search for either assembly Carousel or Carousel assembly

Several million hits and many pictures!

(I've done some Electrical design work on that style machine, it is a quite common design.)

If you know what a Lazy Susan is, or a turntable, a carousel is very similar with parts or tooling usually arrayed around the periphery.

 

[OCR]

What is a carousel? (Mechatronics)

I'm not sure if this is what you're after, but carousels are used a lot in CNC machining... for tool changing.

 

[OCR]

I'm not sure if this is what you're after...

Lol, and maybe you shouldn't... go there ! .