Clay Tile CNC Machine
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2018
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Swarthmore College. Dept. of Engineering
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With the widespread commercial availability ofXY table systems, the use of 3D printers
and CNC machines that rely on the underlying machinery has expanded. This project aims to
take the same base technology and use it for a new objective. This work integrates software and
hardware to create a system for automatically generating a customized square clay tile. The
output is based on a drawing or sketch of the shape of the desired tile. The user uploads an image
of their desired tile design to MATLAB, and that image is analyzed to produce the paths along
which our system needs to cut the clay in order to create the desired tile. Arduino
microcontrollers control stepper motors that move the modeling tool as the XY table, which is
controlled by stepper motors in MATLAB, moves the clay tile through its designated path. Once
the tile is cut by our system, it will be ready to be dried manually, colored, and fired in the kiln.
This work seeks to create a user-friendly system with a wide-range of educational applications
with an output that can be utilized personally or by an institution.