Can Crusher - Take 2

Sure, I crushed a can using stepper motors, but turning on and positioning the CNC every time I need to crush one isn't very convenient - I drink a lot of diet Pepsi.

What are your ideas for an electric can crusher?

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fustini over 14 years ago +1

This is how the Physics dept at the University of Missouri - KC did it at Maker Faire Kansas City : www.youtube.com/watch Can you tell it gave me a suprise? Here's a view of their device: Look at that…

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e14 Contributor over 13 years ago

Why not use an hydraulic system. You can use a piston to crush the can, then retract the piston and open a door to drop the crushed can from the machine. This could use limit switches to detect when the piston is at full extension, then retract it automatically. The limit switches can also cause the can to be dropped from the crusher.

As a bonus you could super crush the can, then shred it so a bin can hold even more cans (or can remnants).

An even snazier option would use something similar to what the super splitter log splitter uses:

http://www.supersplit.com/principle.htm

That would surely crush a can!
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Blacksheep32 over 13 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

Is there a specific axis of crushing?
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Blacksheep32 over 13 years ago in reply to e14 Contributor

Is there a specific axis of crushing?
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