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MoonSet416
Joined: 25 Sep 2016
Posts: 436
Location: Sydney
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(Stupid) Shock Mounting Idea
After learning from Nick's flexible wheels that printing rubbery materials is totally possible, I came up with a tentative idea for shock mounting armor (or whatever ppl decide to shock mount) that might replace the current rubber mounts commonly seen on heavyweights.
From top to bottom we have a screw, a metal washer, a printed 'rubber' washer, the first metal plate (probably armor), a printed 'rubber' spacer, the second plate (probably a structural plate), a printed washer, a metal washer, and a nut. (sorry in the exploded view I messed up the order of the lower two washers.)
The reasoning behind this is to make sure that the screw never directly touches the two plates it is trying to join, so that there will not be a direct impact transfer through the connection. So far it is pretty similar to the normal rubber mounts.
This system differs from the traditional rubber mounts when it is subjected to tension. From what I hear rubber mounts do poorly when an external force tries to pull them apart axially. In this system axial tension loads are ultimately taken by the screw in the middle, which I think is stronger than the rubber in the rubber mounts.
I would love to hear what you guys think of this idea.
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