Automation Class 2014

The Scenario

The scenario we created this year was a "car" leaving its "garage", then the "garage" door closed behind itself as the "car" continued on its way to work to which it stopped, opened a "door" allowing the employee to walk through and it closes behind them. This was all achieved in one state. (The 'Going to Work State') In a second state (The'Home Time'. We just reversed the scenario to return 'Home'.

Equipment Used

Equipment Used in this scenario:

2 Divert Pulleys

2 MasterLinks

4 Wedge Sockets

4 Small Strops

1 Stage Weight

How we set it up

Firstly we brought the automation desk onto the Ath Stage. This was the best place to situate the desk because we were able to watch what the automation was doing and insuring no one walked onto the stage and was injured.

We used all four winches for this scenario and one Counterweight bar.

Each winch was given an axis, one through four. On the automation desk, so each winch would be recognizable.

Axis 1 - up stage garage door

Axis 2 - down stage garage door

Axis 3 - the car

Axis 4 - office door

Axis 1 and Axis 2 were grouped to hold a 3M length of scaffolding, acting as the garage door. By grouping Axis 1 and Axis 2 the scaffolding bar was able to fly accurately at the correct height and speed in unison in and out of the stage.

Axis 3 was named 'the car' but was in fact the mechanism to move the hypothetical car. A Zip up tower was used as the physical car. For axis 3 we ran the winch steel cable down to the Ath floor, through a divert pulley from stage left to stage right. Then was attached to the zip up tower.

Axis 4 was a stage weight attached to the end of the winch by a strop and a shackle.