Design of a lift conveyor for the counterweight filling process

The counterweight is one of the excavator components that acts as a counterweight to the weight of the excavator so that it does not roll over when the bucket is carrying the load. The counterweight contains cast material which functions as an additional load, before being filled with cast material the counterweight weighs 3800 Kg and after being filled with cast material the total weight of the counterweight is 16800 Kg. The cast material put into the counterweight is 13000 Kg. The process of filling cast material into the counterweight is still done manually, resulting in delays in the counterweight filling process. The counterweight filling process uses cast materials, namely: iron sand, split stone, and cement. The aim of designing this tool is to simplify and speed up the production process of making counterweights. By designing this lift conveyor tool, it will be possible to increase productivity in the counterweight filling process so that the production of counterweights becomes faster. The design of this tool uses SS400 grade iron plate as a basic material and as a means of transportation, it uses an electric winch hoist with a capacity of 1500 Kg. Design and test the material strength of this tool using Autodesk Inventor 2018 software.