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Introduction
Bovina II (Fig. 1) is a device that will satisfy all
the criteria of Professor Bannerots challenge:
design a conceptual system which separates 20
mixed golf balls and Ping-Pong balls (10 of
each type) and propels them a distance of at
least three feet into two recycling waste
baskets, respectively, within 20 seconds, and
the first ball must go in after five seconds.
There are three main problems that need to be
solved in this challenge: the separation of the
balls, the delay system, and the propelling
process, which are combined, will have to
weight less than ten pounds.
Figure 2: Roller
Generally, Bovina II is comprised of three
main components:
the timing roller (TR) (Fig.2)
the wood-foam base for rotation and
stability (Fig. 3)
the sorting and aiming system (SAS) (Fig.4)
Methodology
The SAS is made of a trap door with a string attached to a roller, a sorter track, and two front arms. On the other
side, the TR has a rail track and a system of a roller with strings attached to two opening gates(Fig.5). The balls are
then separated base on their dimensions.
This device operates based on the transformation of potential energy into rotational and kinetic energy. First, the TR
and SAS are placed parallel to the 3ft line at 12 oclock. After the trap door is released, it will let go the roller and the
system will rotate due to the shape of the base.
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Tri Nguyen; Luc To; Yen Vu; Tam Nguyen
University of Houston
Cullen College of Engineering Results
At the final position, at 3 oclock, the first
Objective gate will open after 4 seconds due to the
Bovina II is a device that will satisfy all the criteria of Professor Bannerots challenge: tension force of the string attached to the
separate mixed golf balls and Ping-Pong balls and propel them into two recycling
roller. Eventually, the first Ping-Pong ball
waste baskets respectively.
will fall into the basket after 5 seconds.
The second gate will then open after the
roller finishes its track and release the golf
balls fall to its respective basket
Figure 1: The Completed Bovina II
Figure 5: Gates
Conclusions
During testing, timing and the
rotating mechanism are quite
precise, which tremendously
increase the final score. The
Figure 3: Base device is highly recommended.
Figure 4: Separator
Dimension :
Height: 3ft46
Width: 3ft
Length: 8ft98