How to create a screw conveyor

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I need a screw conveyor in my project. Can someone please help me out?

Regards,

Marvin

[Anonymous · Accepted solution]

Here's what I came up with using the cylinder, coil and press-pull features.

1. Create a cylinder for the central support.
2. Create a coil, with a square section around the cylinder. 
   • The diameter should be the outer diameter of the screw portion of the conveyor.
   • The section size should be the desired thickness of the screw portion of the conveyor.
3. Modify > Press Pull (or press Q) to do a press pull.  Zoom in and select the inner side of the square coil.  Pull it in towards the cylinder until it meets or overlaps the cylinder.
4. Modify > Combine and select the two bodies (cylinder and coil) to make the screw conveyor.

Jonathan

[Anonymous]

Hello,

I tried to do the step 3 but when I select the inner side of the coil and move the cursor towards the cylinder, fusion gets an error. Can you still help regarding this? Thanks in advance.

Regards,

Marvin

[lichtzeichenanlage · Accepted solution]

I'm a beginner in F360, CAD etc. I would do it like this:

[lichtzeichenanlage]

I've forgotten to attach the export..

[Anonymous]

Thanks lichtzeichenanlage! Another good perspective. 

[Anonymous]

Thanks Jonathan! I found the solution after hours of trying and I followed your timeline.