For the gadget freak who thinks he has everything, here's Ed Nauman's microprocessor-controlled, pneumatic-actuated can crusher. Great for parties, it consists of a pneumatic ram, precision bore crushing cylinder with aluminum crushing piston, two pneumatic rams to control the loading of cans, and solenoid valves to control the rams.
Operationally, the user simply loads the cans into the magazine, opens the pneumatic ball valve to charge the surge tank, places the rotary mode switch in either auto or manual, and presses the run switch. In full auto mode, the crusher loads and crushes cans at the blinding rate of 1.5 cans/second. That's a lot of six packs!
Ultimate Beer Can Crusher Control Unit Parts List
Amt
Part Description
Allied Part #
1
Optical proximity sensor
807-6233
1
2X16 LCD Display
670-0036
1
Switch
948-7728
1
RJ45 Connectors
863-0064
1
Indicator Lamp
234-1038
1
Indicator Lamp
234-1828
1
Voltage Regulator
288-1297
1
Microcontroller
858-0055
1
RS232 Interface Chip
773-0041
1
3 Terminal Linear Regulator
288-0001
1
Solid State Relay
281-6010
1
10K Resistor
832-7523
1
2K Resistor
832-0405
1
330 Ohm Resistor
296-6310
1
Small Signal Diode
431-0614
1
01uF Capacitor
507-0210
1
0.1uF Capacitor
862-2142
1
47uF capacitor
613-0672
1
20uF Capacitor
591-7072
Additional parts required: Control board: Microchip PIC 16F876 microcontroller and programmable oscillator; Other: 3 pneumatic rams; precision bore crushing cylinder with aluminum crushing piston; 3 pneumatic solenoid valves; steel frame with pneumatic surge tank, air preparation filters and regulators.
For Ed Nauman's complete instructions to build your own Ultimate Beer Can Crusher, click here (Zip file contains AutoCAD drawing and Visual Basic File)
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