Signature Clock

Project description

 * The objective of team Anchored Engagements is to design, build, and manufacture two enclosures for the two signature clocks of the Mechanical Engineering Department. These two enclosures should serve to compliment the W.R. Smith designed clocks, educate members of the university on a variety of engineering subjects such as: design, manufacturing, kinematics, kinemetrics, and acoustics. They should inspire perspective students to pursue a career in the Mechanical Engineering and show off what this department is capable of.

Background

 * The inspiration for this project was derived from the master clockmaker, W.R. Smith. He holds a Bachelor's of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Tennessee in Knoxville. Mr. Smith got his start in the engineering field at the age of just 10 during the Roosevelt's REA(Rural Electrification Association) program. By age 14, he was fixing watches and learning all he could about the latest problems and their solutions. It wasn't until 1995 that one of our two clocks was invented, the Wall Clock. This clock was in W.R. Smith's works for several years before he published his works. Years later our second clock made and appearance, The Grasshopper Clock.

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 * The Wall Clock was originally designed by Bill Smith (no relation). He pulled some useful information from a clockmaker who lived 45 years ago, his name is Donald DeCarle. This clock is run like any other wall clock, there is a weight that drops. As the weight drops it turns a drum which is connected to the Great wheel. This wheel then drives the Center Wheel and then the Third Wheel. This is then connected to the engagement which is connected to the pendulum, which is the driving force of the entire clock.


 * The Grasshopper Clock is not driven via a weight dropping, instead it is run by a torsion spring. This needs to be taken into account because the clock will not run if the torsion coming from the spring is not constant. TYo compensate for this, a fusee must be used to improve timekeeping by equalizing the uneven pull of the mainspring as it ran down. The fusee was then connected to the Great Wheel, then to the Center Wheel, and lastly to the Third Wheel. This was then connected to the engagements which is run via the pendulum.

Tean Anchored Engagements
From left to right
 * Matthew kologi
 * Senior in Mechanical Engineering
 * Jacob Sabata
 * Senior in Mechanical Engineering
 * Chris Roberson
 * Senior in Mechanical Engineering
 * Erik Illum
 * Senior in Mechanical Engineering

Display Goals

 * Unique display for each clock
 * Implement Raspberry PI/Arduino for:
 * Live video output
 * Optical sensor for heart beat monitor
 * Sound amplification for the engagements
 * LED accent lighting

Clock Goals

 * Wall Clock
 * Design a new weight drop system so the clock can run for a week withing a space constraints
 * Design new winding mechanism so it can be wound from the back of the clock
 * Disassemble, polish/lacker, and reassemble the clocks for final installation
 * Grasshopper Clock
 * Finish key components in the manufacturing stage
 * Tune to keep accurate time
 * Disassemble, polish/lacker, and reassemble the clocks for final installation