Project Details
[Return to Previous Page]High Speed Signaled Production Routing - GLOBAL PROJECT WITH SJTU
Company: PennEngineering and Manufacturing Corporation
Major(s):
Primary: ME
Secondary: ED
Optional: EE, IE
Non-Disclosure Agreement: YES
Intellectual Property: YES
The Center of Excellence at PennEngineering in Danboro, PA has an opportunity for engineering students seeking an exciting Capstone project. The project entails the design of a scalable mechanical device that controls the path of parts manufactured on cold heading machines, and the rate of production reach 400 pieces per minute. The parts are fasteners fabricated from steel, stainless steel, and aluminum with thread sizes ranging from 4-40 to 1/4-20 (unified thread) and lengths ranging from 0.250 to 2.5 inch. Upon receiving an external control signal, the device must divert the part to one of three commanded path selections: good, no-good, and inspect. The default state of the machine must reject all parts in case of failure to prevent a mixture of no-good parts into good parts. Finally, the cold heading machines have different castings, and as such, the device must be modular enough to fit in multiple working environments and geometric constraints.