From Customer Requirements to a Reliable Machine Design

Design a Metal Shredder from engineering principles and hand calculations rather than simply copying an existing machine or relying entirely on CAD and FEA?

This course takes a real-world industrial design approach. We start with customer-provided machine details and technical requirements, then transform them into a systematic engineering design process.

🔧 What You Will Learn

You will learn how to develop the design of a Metal Shredder by defining:

• Material and operating requirements
• Machine capacity and throughput
• Bearing Input Load Calculations and Selection
• Cutting force calculations
• Torque requirements
• Power requirement
• Shaft loading and stress
• Blade and cutting-element design
• Strength and factor-of-safety checks
• Repeated/cyclic loading considerations
• Fatigue and design-life considerations
• Drive-system requirements
• Overall machine design methodology

📐 Practical Engineering Examples

Example 1 – Wire Shredding

• Wire Diameter: 3 mm
• Coil Diameter: 500 mm
• Machine Output: 1000 kg/hour

Example 2 – Strip Shredding

• Strip Thickness: 2.5 mm
• Strip Width: 25 mm
• Strip Length: 20 mm
• Machine Output: 500 kg/hour

These examples demonstrate how real customer requirements can be converted into engineering loads, formulas, calculations and machine design decisions.

⚙️ Real Engineering Approach

The objective is not simply to create a 3D model.

The objective is to understand:

Customer Requirement → Process → Load → Force → Torque → Power → Component Design → Strength → Life → Complete Machine

A target 40,000-hour design life is considered in the engineering approach, making the course particularly relevant for engineers working on industrial machinery where reliability and durability matter.

🎯 Who Should Take This Course?

This course is ideal for:

✅ Mechanical Design Engineers
✅ Machine Design Engineers
✅ Product Design Engineers
✅ CAD Engineers who want stronger engineering fundamentals
✅ FEA Engineers who want to understand load definition and hand calculations
✅ Manufacturing & Production Engineers
✅ Mechanical Engineering Students
✅ Engineers involved in industrial machine development

Don't just model an existing machine.
Learn how to engineer the machine.

Develop the ability to convert technical requirements into engineering calculations and a practical machine design.

Design It. Calculate It. Build It Right.

Enroll now and learn the engineering methodology behind Metal Shredder design using hand calculations and industry-standard engineering practices.