Product Development

Tubender

Role

Electrical Hardware Engineer

Project date

Fall 2024

Hardware

Motor and Sensor Speccing, PCB Schematics, FDM 3D printing

Software

KiCad, C++, PlatformIO, PID Control, Onshape

Project Overview

Tubender is an automated EMT conduit bender that advances, rotates, and bends up to 10 ft of conduit for industrial use. I designed a C++ PID controller for the actuator and created KiCad schematics to connect motors and sensors to the ESP32.

Tubender prototype

Gallery

Tubender team photo Tubender assembly Wiring work Tubender front view Sensor schematics Tubender top view Tubender back view PID code Tubender side view Actuator schematics