The thesis aims to develop a whipping, kneading and stirring modular attachment for kitchen machines to address the problem of storing multiple attachments. At first, different currently available attachments and processes of whipping, kneading and stirring are reviewed, as well as production limitations of appropriate attachments. Multiple solutions are discussed and a modular design is chosen for the practical part. In the chosen solution, a kneading hook serves as a base attachment to which the additional stirring and whipping whisks can be attached, while the constructed attachment also enables compact storage. Kneading hook from the current variant of the appliance was used as-is, while stirring and whipping whisks were remodeled with industrial program Siemens NX. The final developed prototype presents a new simple and modular attachment for kitchen machines.
In the practical part of the thesis, different modular prototype models of the basic kneading hook and additional whisks were produced at first by 3D printing. The chosen prototype was manufactured with standard industrial process and tested in practice. A comparison test between the developed modular attachment and currently available whipping and stirring whisks has been made. The results show that the new modular attachment fulfills desired objectives and reaches comparable whipping and stirring results.
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