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Efficient Energy Machine Design for Lifting 1kg to 1m Height

This project aimed to lift a 1kg mass to a height of 1 meter using a homemade machine made mostly from spare parts. The machine's design involved a sequence of energy conversions starting with a ball, car, dominoes, mousetrap, and counter-weight. While the overall design was simple, challenges were faced during execution, such as inconsistent behavior of dominoes and interference of the counter-weight with the moving mass.

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Efficient Energy Machine Design for Lifting 1kg to 1m Height

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  1. The Inefficient Engine By Adam Lindsey Nick Casamatta Dustin Mount

  2. The Group

  3. Introduction • The project’s goal was to lift a 1 kilogram mass to a height of 1 meter. • The “engine” is made mostly of parts the group had at home or from scraps. • Few items actually needed to be purchased

  4. The Machine

  5. Overview • We first send a pool ball attached to a piece of string through a PVC pipe. As the ball exits the pipe it pulls with it a piece of wood that was stopping a toy car. The toy car then travels down another PVC pipe and engages a path of dominoes. • The dominoes set off a mouse trap which in turn pulls the support out from under a tower that holds our counter-weight. The counter-weight falls thus lifting the mass to the correct height.

  6. Energy Conversions • Ball • Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy • Car • Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy • Dominoes • Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy • Mousetrap • Spring Potential Energy to Rotational Kinetic Energy • Counter-weight • Gravitational Potential Energy to Kinetic Energy

  7. Conclusion • Overall was a fairly simple design incorporating many separate pieces • We encountered a few problems such as: • The dominoes fell in a very inconsistent manner • Our counter-weight kept hitting the moving mass

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