Date of Award

Fall 2000

Document Type

Thesis

Degree Name

Master of Science (MS)

Department

Mechanical & Aerospace Engineering

Program/Concentration

Mechanical Engineering

Committee Director

Sebastian Bawab

Committee Director

Jen K. Huang

Committee Member

Gene Hou

Call Number for Print

Special Collections; LD4331.E56 B874

Abstract

The two major competitors in bowling sports equipment are Brunswick, Inc., and AMF Bowling Co. The latest version of a piece of bowling equipment machinery is called a Pinspotter, the design of which has been in existence since the 1950's. With the exception of electronic scoring systems, much of the original design is still being implemented in this model. It is the desire to eliminate undesirable traits in the original Pinspotter model design. Commercial Bowling observations have detected flaws found in a piece of machinery known as the Distributor. The flaws attributed to the Distributor are believed to be sources of an inefficient pin delivery system. The Distributor pin delivery sequence is based on its cam mechanism design. This Thesis will study the pin delivery system, investigate an optimal pin delivery sequence, and investigate the associated new cam design required to deliver the optimal pin delivery. A computer-controlled robotic Distributor named "JAVA" is designed and built to accomplish this study. This thesis will include the JAVA design process as well.

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DOI

10.25777/2sjt-vx46

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