Conveyor Belt - Fit n' Click - for Kids & Parents
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The Conveyor Belt – how movement is created
Fit n' Click - for Kids & Parents
also usable without Maker's Beginner Kit
Lina loves to build things and find out how they work. One afternoon, she received a special box from her dad. Inside were rollers, gears, screws, a crank – and even a small electric motor!
“With this, you can understand how movement is created,” Dad explained. “It's a real conveyor belt, just like they use in factories – only small.”
Lina immediately started building. First, she inserted the axles and shafts into the holder. Then she assembled the segments that would form the conveyor belt. She inserted the crank .
As she turned, she noticed that everything moved smoothly.
“That’s mechanical energy,” Dad said. “Your hand provides the force – and it's transmitted via the crank.”
Then they tried the electric drive. Lina connected the small motor to a battery. The conveyor belt began to hum – now it moved all by itself. “Now you are using electrical energy, which is converted into rotational motion in the motor,” Dad explained. Lina placed small building blocks and marbles on the belt.
At the end of her project, Lina had not only built a functioning conveyor belt, but also understood:
how force is transmitted 💪➡️💪,
how energy transforms ⚡➡️💪 ,
and why technology can be fun ⚙️ 💡 🚀 😎 when you discover it yourself.
Lina beamed. “I think I’ll build a real machine next!” Dad nodded proudly. “Then you’ve already taken the first step toward becoming an engineer .”
In the future, expansions to the basic version will be added. So it's worth following! 👍
Follow the official “Application Instructions” from the “Maker's Beginner Kit” page in the Bambu Store to assemble and print the motor housing and battery housing.
Notes:
- Material: PLA
- Layer height: 0.2 mm Standard
- Infill: 15 %
- Support structures: No support structures are required for overhangs or finer details
Screwless assembly
Good luck and most importantly, have fun!
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