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Development of program-driven plug-in for conical counter-rotating twin screw based on SolidWorks

  • Liqun Dong , Junwei Zhang , Liang Qin , Ping Xue , Yun Ma and Yajun Zhang EMAIL logo

Abstract

Owing to the existence of the cone angle, the size of a conical counter-rotating twin screw continuously changes along the axis, so it is not easy to model using SolidWorks. In this study, the parametric design of the modeling process is completed based on the Visual Basic language and a program-driven method. Finally, the SolidWorks program plug-in and user interface are developed to complete the automatic generation of the three-dimensional model of a conical counter-rotating twin screw.


Corresponding author: Yajun Zhang, College of Mechanical and Electrical Engineering, Beijing University of Chemical Technology, Beijing100029, China, E-mail:

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Conflict of interest statement: The authors declare they have no conflicts of interest regarding this article.

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Received: 2020-11-22
Accepted: 2021-02-17
Published Online: 2021-03-15
Published in Print: 2021-04-27

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