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Supply Wire Info P16602: Glass Cutting Machine Wire Supply, Movement and Take-up

Sarah Brown

April 10, 2016

Contents:

Overview

Assumptions for Research/Specifications

Summary of Correspondence

Technical Specification Sheet

Purchase Proposals

Moving Forward

Overview

One of P16602’s main goals is to move and control the wire within an industry-grade glass cutting machine, in order to

test and prove the full functionality of the team’s fixture, wire would eventually need to be purchased. This document

summarizes the research and decisions that went into moving forward with identifying the supply wire to be used for

the glass cutting machine.

Assumptions for Research/Specification

The same diameter of wire that is used on the MB DS264 by Glass Fab, 175 μm steel cord wire was to be used

The same provider of wire that Glass Fab currently uses, Bekaert, would be used as the supplier

The same basic principle of a supply side wire spool that contained x length of wire and a take-up spool that

used mx length of wire (where m is a positive multiplier) would be used as in the MB DS264

The supply wire spool would contain 127 km of wire

The BS80/33 Spool was chosen as the supply wire spool

Designs for the supply wire side mounting systems was designed around the specifications of the BS80/33 Spool

2 Summary of Correspondence

Summary of Email Correspondence with Wire Supplier as of April 10, 2016:

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9 Technical Specification Sheet

Wire Spec Sheet provided to team on December 1, 2015:

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12 Purchase Proposals

A summary of the 2 proposals received from Slicing Tech (Bekaert) is provided in the table below along with a copy of

each proposal:

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15 Moving Forward

The team will need to purchase wire in order to test the functionality; proper tensioning, control over

spooling/un-spooling, load/un-load of spools; of the wire movement fixture

A decision with Glass Fab will need to be made as to what quantity of spools the team wants to initially purchase

Reconnect with Rick Baarck at Slicing Tech to redo proposals (proposals were only valid for 30 days)

Work with Rick Baarck to purchase wire

Test the wire movement fixture