automated can crushers

to follow Kiss, just have two wires on the face of a wood plate, and have them connect a solonoid to it's power source. this would make it so you put the can in, and boom, it's dead.

[KenWittlief]

I think this sounds more like you dump a bag of cans into the machine, and it crushes them one by one

BTW, you cant get your deposit back if the cans are crushed.

[Pierson]

There was a thread on this maybe 2 or 3 years ago. I don't know if you'll be able to find it or not. There was a team who had built a can crusher to use as a fundraising device and my team was contemplating implementing it but we never did.

[Btower]

From a safety standpoint make it as simple as possible. Essentially you want it to be "Inherently Safe" such that you are not relying on controls, sensors, or actions by the loader to keep it safe. For instance feed the cans through a chute which is long enough to keep the loader's hand from reaching the crusher.

Ben