The entire process of model making for fully automatic paint production equipment
1、 Design Decoding: From Factory to Miniature World
The project team conducted an in-depth investigation of the real production line, taking over 200 detailed photos, focusing on recording industrial features such as pipeline routing and equipment connections that are easily overlooked. Adopting the "modular reverse modeling" technique:
Functional disassembly: Decompose the system into four major units: raw material tank area, reaction kettle cluster, color mixing section, and packaging line
Dynamic restoration: Use semi transparent resin pipes to embed colored LED light strips, with red simulating the flow of raw materials and blue representing the circulation of cooling water
Proportional magic: The stirring blade of the reaction kettle is made of brass sheet laser cut and manually bent to ensure that the blade inclination angle is completely consistent with the actual object
2、 Material Revolution: Micro Passwords for Industrial Texture
Reaction kettle group: Medical centrifuge tube as the kettle body, covered with etched stainless steel pattern film, top exhaust valve reduced with 0.5mm copper tube
Conveyor system: The main pipeline is made of transparent acrylic pipe, and the inner wall is sprayed with matte varnish mixed with pearl powder, presenting real wear and tear during use
Console: 3D printed panel embedded with micro LCD screen stickers, knob modified with model bearings to achieve rotatable function
Ground treatment: Epoxy resin mixed with graphite powder pouring, embedding screw caps, cable skins and other waste materials before curing to simulate maintenance sites
3、 Craft refinement: details that bring the model to life
1. Dynamic implantation
A miniature magnetic stirrer is hidden at the bottom of the reaction vessel to generate a vortex effect in the fluorescent liquid inside
The filling line conveyor belt is made of silicone material and achieves intermittent movement through hidden motors (synchronized with the real production line rhythm)
2. Industrial aging technology
Rust treatment: First, dip a sponge in dark brown paint and apply it, then use a toothpick dipped in zinc powder to decorate with fresh rust stains
Chemical residue: apply transparent nail polish mixed with talcum powder on the pipe flange to form crystal deposition effect after solidification