The OSL is assembled from both machined and stock components. In selecting components used throughout the OSL, the design attempted to minimize the price, lead times for machined parts, and the number of vendors from which stock parts are purchased. The vendors employed along with the cost associated with each vendor are enumerated below.
 | Machined Parts (Great Light) Actuators and Encoders (Dephy Inc) Belts (SDPSI) Bearings and Fasteners (McMaster-Carr) Shafts (Misumi) Angular Bearings (Motion Industries) Batteries and Case (Amazon) Magnets (K&J) Shipping Charges Total Cost | ~$9000 ~$6900 ~$100 ~$800 ~$20 ~$700 ~$400 ~$100 ~$500 ~$19000 |
The detailed Bill of Materials (BOM) can be downloaded here. In the “Parts to Order” sheet of the BOM, you’ll find parts organized into different subsystems represented by column A. Solidworks part numbers are located in column B, McMaster-Carr part numbers are in column C, quantity is listed in column D, and a link is embedded in column E. Note that this BOM does not contain parts to build the E-stop, which is an emergency stop button that is highly recommended to be installed for safety reasons as OSL is a high power device.
Drawings and STEP files for all the machined parts can be downloaded and sent to a machining shop. The drawings highlight only special features (hole placements, counterbores, etc.) and are not fully dimensioned. Click on any of the links to download the STEP files and drawings for a given joint.
The above quotations are obtained from Great Light Machining to demonstrate how the order quantity affects the price. Great Light Machining is a well-established manufacturer of high-precision, high-complexity, and mission-critical machining and casting components for diverse markets.
“We feel great honor to take involvement in the OSL project and supply the major machined parts for the assembly of this newly designed robotic prosthesis.”
– Don Choy ([email protected]), Project Director of Great Light Metal Technologies Co., Ltd.
Kindly visit Great Light Machining’s OSL webpage or contact Don Choy ([email protected]) for inquiries.
For those that would rather purchase a fully-built OSL, it can be purchased from Humotech.
To order parts from an alternative machining shop: Star Prototype, compose a message similar to the sample e-mail, attach the drawings and STEP files, and send the message to Dara Shabnam ([email protected]) for manufacturing. Note that the current quotes specify part finish color as either natural or black. If you would like a different color, please communicate this to the manufacturer in the email.