Do you use 3d printed mounts?

[Lili_1868]

This year we used one for a camera mount and another for an ultrasonic sensor mount.

[MikLast]

not so much a mount as a casing, but we have had issues with our cameras being broken off during matches, so we built a case for ours.

[Bkeeneykid]

We designed a really nice 3D printed mount for the new radio, the bolt holes on the bottom, that was really nice looking and held well. As you all know, this was then destroyed as a broken acrylic board required us to redo a lot of wiring. In the heat of competition, some things just don't hold us as well as electrical tape around a piece of metal frame a few times.

I plan on finishing the Inventor files for that mount and posting it on thingiverse soon, if you're interested.

[OccamzRazor]

Some interesting things we did with 3D printed parts this year include a motor mount, a winch with spool, and some climber hooks.

Here are the parts and analysis in a very basic level presentation about all of it:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QQWwjdSNcno

FEA starts at 17 minutes.

[frcguy]

We utilized 3D printing this season for our shooting mechanism. As the rotating part of our shooter was a pool noodle epoxied to a PVC pipe, we designed end caps to go in the pipe so it could be mounted on a 1/2" hex shaft. One of our mentors then printed them in fiberglass-reinforced plastic at his work. Attached is a render of it.

[BenjiSG]

We use a great deal of 3D-printer mounts! It seems as though we're constantly making more. We've used them for everything from air tanks to pressure gauges to Talon SRXs to limit switches to cameras, to basically everything else we can think of

[bobbysq]

We 3D printed a battery mount by p̶i̶r̶a̶t̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶i̶t̶ downloading the STEP from AndyMark and converting it to STL.

[OccamzRazor]

Originally Posted by BenjiSG

We use a great deal of 3D-printer mounts! It seems as though we're constantly making more. We've used them for everything from air tanks to pressure gauges to Talon SRXs to limit switches to cameras, to basically everything else we can think of

Be careful printing parts under pressure. A lot of these polymers need to be really thick to prevent fatigue and failure in that kind of loading scenario. The old clippard tank recall comes to mind.

[Andrew Schreiber]

Originally Posted by OccamzRazor

Be careful printing parts under pressure. A lot of these polymers need to be really thick to prevent fatigue and failure in that kind of loading scenario. The old clippard tank recall comes to mind.

I think this was in regards to mounts. Not air tanks.

[Michael Hill]

We used them for camera mounts, ultrasonic sensor mount, and pneumatic tank mounts (after finding out http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2008.htm is too small for http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2479.htm, even though they say it's the recommended mount). And it's way too small.

[AlexanderLuke]

Just a quick run over the things we have printed in recent history:

• Versaplantery Gearbox Mounts
• Pneumatic Cylinder Mounts
• Encoder Mounts
• NavX MXP Covers
• OM5P-AN Radio Mount
• Aiming light Mount

We have done a lot more for prototyping and proof of concept models, but these are things that have ended up on our robots in the past three seasons. We are looking into possibly expanding how much work we do in the 3D printed space, but we will see the extent of that next season.

EDIT: I realize that the OP was asking for mounts that save space in mounting electronics, and that I mentioned more than just that. Thought I would show the realm of what we have done.

[346CADmen]

Originally Posted by Michael Hill

We used them for camera mounts, ultrasonic sensor mount, and pneumatic tank mounts (after finding out http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2008.htm is too small for http://www.andymark.com/product-p/am-2479.htm, even though they say it's the recommended mount). And it's way too small.

Did you actually order these or was there a typo in your post? The Andy Mark pages you reference do NOT show them as being compatible. And those pages describe the components diameters as being 2.5" and 2.7". While that may be trite, I think cost is a concern too. Printing a clip like the one shown, for our team, would be much more expensive (filament isn't cheap) than the COTS part.

[Steven Smith]

Originally Posted by 346CADmen

Did you actually order these or was there a typo in your post? The Andy Mark pages you reference do NOT show them as being compatible. And those pages describe the components diameters as being 2.5" and 2.7". While that may be trite, I think cost is a concern too. Printing a clip like the one shown, for our team, would be much more expensive (filament isn't cheap) than the COTS part.

Not 100% sure what is or is not compatible, but the second page (tank) he linked states "A mounting bracket is available to order (am-2008), but is not included when ordering just this item."

We buy ABS at ~$12/lb, so the 0.066lb bracket should cost roughly $0.80 to print vs. the $2 list price (which is also very reasonable). While I wouldn't get in the business of printing them to save my team money, if I happened to need one and my options were to rush order one (and pay shipping on a single item) versus print one and have it in a few hours, I could see justifying printing one.

[MailmanDelivers]

My team had severely limited space on our robot which required us to be pretty creative on where we place our electronics. We ended up creating several 3D Printed Mounts that helped hold our Electronics spread throughout the robot in creative places.


I believe my team has a document on our drive with a small sentence or two explaining each part. If anyone would like a further look I can add it later.

[DrewMatic]

We use 3d printed items to mount cameras and a case for our gyro. As well as pneumatic tank mounts. We used the 3d printer to also make frame caps in 2015 (recycle rush) because we didn't use bumpers.