Project Details
[Return to Previous Page]RPM Industries Motor/Pump Test Station
Company: RPM Industries LLC
Major(s):
Primary: IE
Secondary: EE
Optional: CMPEN, ME
Non-Disclosure Agreement: YES
Intellectual Property: YES
Each motor/ pump unit built in-house is performance tested after assembly and prior to shipment. Technicians must repeatedly handle the units transporting them from the assembly station to the test station and back. During the test, techs gather and record the electrical and hydraulic data with respect to each individual unit. With increasing demand, the current test station is a production bottleneck as the current design poses ergonomic, maintenance and space limitation issues. Students will work with RPM team to design a second production quality and user-friendly test station addressing RPM’s increase demand. The design must be capable of being phased-in over several weeks to reduce changeover cost and impact on production. Students must complete and document the design to the ISO9001: 2015 Standard. Lastly, the following areas will be the concentration of the project: • Ergonomics • Power Supply • Fluid Circuit • Fluid Interface • Data Acquisition • Automatic Procedure