Factory Production Process Simulation - HELPS!

[sckam]

Dear all expert Lego builders,

I am a newbie to Lego world. I would like to build a mini factory production process simulation.

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Can any expert builder advice me how to get start ?

Thank you.

Yours sincerely,

Kam

[allanp]

Well first you need to decide what you want your factory to make. Keet it very simply and always ask yourself "how could a device made from lego connect these two pieces together?".

[roppie11]

well, you have to start with having a rough idea

- what are you're skills (with lego of course)?

- what parts can you use, do you have nxt, pf?

- what exactly do you even want to build?

- how can you accomplish some mecanisms (look at the real world)?

i hope i have helped you a bit

[__________________________]

I would start with the simplest construction possible. From there you are just combining constructions to make an entire "factory"

[sckam]

Thanks, guys who given some hints on these.

I am also looking into buying some lego bricks for the project, I am looking at

Mechanisms Classroom Packs - 1 set

Are these brick packs good enough and sufficient for me to build a not so complicated factory process ?

[allanp]

It's very hard to tell. From my limited knowledge of Lego education, Lego education sets isn't the most efficient way to build up a collection. I would look at regular sets like the 42042 crawler crane and 42043 Arocs to get lots of parts and mindstorms nxt for programmable electronics. You may also pick up some second hand bargains on ebay, especially people selling off their entire collction which happens from time to time. May I ask how much you already own and how much experience you have with designing and building your own creations?

[Vorkosigan]

For $1000 I think you're better off buying the base mindstorms set and a combination of some larger technic sets, classic brick boxes, and baseplates. With the education sets you pay a lot for the teaching materials and those kits have solar panels and fan blades that add cost and probably aren't what you need (unless you want those).

[MRP_]

If you want it to be automated, I would reccomend the mindstorm ev3, or the nxt it doesn't really make a difference. And if you want it to be rc, a set with a great selection of pieces for this purpose would be the 42030 RC front end loader. It has a good variety of motors, u-joints, linear actuators, and loads of other usefull parts.

[syclone]

RC is also possible with Mindstorms, from mobile device by Bluetooth or with a Technic remote with a special sensor.Also with EV3 there's a remote included

[sckam]

It's very hard to tell. From my limited knowledge of Lego education, Lego education sets isn't the most efficient way to build up a collection. I would look at regular sets like the 42042 crawler crane and 42043 Arocs to get lots of parts and mindstorms nxt for programmable electronics. You may also pick up some second hand bargains on ebay, especially people selling off their entire collction which happens from time to time. May I ask how much you already own and how much experience you have with designing and building your own creations?

Hi allanp,

Thanks for the advice.

I actually have limited knowledge on it. Although at home, my kid do play the Lego set(model: 10662). Hence, no experience of designing and building my own creation.

I was planning to use the Lego Digital Design to do the planning. But sadly LDD cannot do animation simulation. Otherwise can simulate the factory process without EV3 or NXT.

well, you have to start with having a rough idea

- what are you're skills (with lego of course)?

- what parts can you use, do you have nxt, pf?

- what exactly do you even want to build?

- how can you accomplish some mecanisms (look at the real world)?

i hope i have helped you a bit

- what are you're skills (with lego of course)? - zero knowledge....

- what parts can you use, do you have nxt, pf? - I do not have Mindstorms...

- what exactly do you even want to build? - a mini factory production process.

- how can you accomplish some mecanisms (look at the real world)? - need to explorer

To all Lego experts,

My purpose of using Lego is to build a factory production process simulation. So that I can add in some industrial sensors,then to read some data from the sensor. The data will then send to an Internet of Things ( IoT) web portal. Then the data can be further analysis for big data insight analytics. These will then create an use case of 'Smart Manufacturing' for IoT.

Any further advice ?