This Month's Meeting:
Thursday, May 10
Meal Reservations Due:
Monday, May 7, 8:15 a.m.
K-State at Salina
Mechanical Engineering Technlogy
Student-Industry Projects
Dinner at 6 p.m., Presentations at 7 p.m.,
Followed by design prototype demonstrations in the Manufacturing Lab
IMPORTANT:
Meal reservations are required!
Please RSVP by 8:15
a.m. Monday, May 7 with your meal count!
E-mail jmorse@k-state.edu or
call Julia Morse at (785) 826-2650 to make sure you have your meal
reserved.
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Senior Projects:
- Caterpillar Work Tools Inc.
- "Adjustable Hydraulic Cylinder Mounting Bracket for Thumb
Attachment"
- Exline Inc. -
"Automated Drill Machine"
Sophomore Projects:
- Grain Belt Supply
Co.- "Laser Grating Cleaner"
- Great Plains Manufacturing
- "Tillage Implement Tester"
- Premier Pneumatics -
"Ratio Valve Seal Assembly"
- Aero Transportation Products
- "Impact Testing"
See below for descriptions of these projects.
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Where do we meet? |
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| 6:00 p.m. |
Dinner |
K-State at
Salina
2310 Centennial Rd.
Salina, KS
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College Center Conference Room |
K-State at Salina Parking
Directions
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| 7:00 p.m. |
Student Project
Presenations |
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What's for dinner?
An excellent buffet supper with two meat options, potatoes, vegetable/salad
selection, drink, dessert, etc.
What's the meal cost?
$12 for Members and guests. Student presenters' meals are paid by SME c230.
Students not presenting cost $5.
Student Project
Descriptions
Senior Projects:
| Sponsor Company: |
Caterpillar Work Tools Inc.
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| Project Title: |
"Adjustable Hydraulic Cylinder
Mounting Bracket for Thumb Attachment" |
| Team Members: |
Chad Ellwood, Justin Schemm, Tyler Light, Jeremy Hlad |
| Project Description: |
Caterpillar Work Tools Inc. was looking to develop a weld free
hydraulic cylinder bracket that is used to operate the thumb attachments on
Caterpillar excavators. The current design is a welded on bracket, which
requires eight hours of dealership installation. Caterpillar dealers prefer a
quick and efficient method when installing thumb attachment tools. The wedge
bracket was developed to decrease installation time and increase versatility.
However, this particular wedge design failed to meet the load requirements, due
to the cyclic loads causing the bracket to loosen. |
| Sponsor Company: |
Exline Inc.
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| Project Title: |
"Automated Drill
Machine" |
| Team Members: |
Nate Adamson, John Adams, Kyle Jensen, Dustin Grant |
| Project Description: |
Design an automated process for a drilling machine that drills
through-holes in a Teflon part. |
Sophomore Projects:
| Sponsor Company: |
Grain Belt Supply Co.-
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| Project Title: |
"Laser Grating
Cleaner" |
| Team Members: |
Fred Kreiman, Chad Sears, David Tatum , Josh Slinkard |
| Project Description: |
Attachment for a drill that crushes dross on grating for laser
table. |
| Sponsor Company: |
Great Plains Manufacturing -
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| Project Title: |
"Tillage Implement
Tester" |
| Team Members: |
John Green, Ryan Landry, Jeremy Taylor, Clayton Wonsetler, Ty
Robbin, Dustin Keiswetter, Cody Fontaine, Chris Perdue |
| Project Description: |
Design and analysis of an apparatus to compare wear on tillage
points. This apparatus must include a standardized test environment similar to
field working conditions and be equipped to run for a prolonged period of
time. |
| Sponsor Company: |
Premier Pneumatics - |
| Project Title: |
"Ratio Valve Seal
Assembly" |
| Team Members: |
Jacob Quade, Micah Mattison, Zane Johnson, Jordan Lindfors
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| Project Description: |
A Ratio Valve combines two different dry bulk products from
different bins into one bin to obtain a mixed ratio of a single product. Inside
the valve are two inlet tubes with rubber seal stops at the end and two
actuated plugs that seat against the seals. The actuated plug restricts the
flow of product allowing only one side to flow at a time. The project objective
was to take an existing valve and reengineer the seal assembly. The parameters
were to design a seal that was not mechanically attached to the inlet tube, yet
would hold up to thousands of cycles of plugging with out deteriorating or
detaching from the inlet tubes. |
| Sponsor Company: |
Aero Transportation Products
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| Project Title: |
"Impact
Testing" |
| Team Members: |
Devin Krahl, Eric Wagner, Dustin Ward, Reid Rains, Justin
Kuntz |
| Project Description: |
Team members need to simulate the forces on a gate located on
the bottom of a railroad car. They must design a testing apparatus that
simulates the impact applied to a gate while the rail cars are being humped
together. |
Chapter
Sponsors - Please support our
manufacturing partners. |
