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I have taken an undergraduate course in machining, and have a fair ammount of machining expereince as both a graduate and undergraduate. I am proficient on both the manual and CNC endmill and lathe machines, as well as the drill press and band saw machines. This page contains an example of my design and fabrication work that was part of my senior design project.
Fabrication Work
Here I present an example from my undergraduate senior design project. This project was the design and fabrication of an automated MEMS wax die casting machine. This work was completed with a team of three other studens, where I was the team leader.
Design
The first phase was to design the complete detailed assembly. This was completed to the extent possible, as hoses and fittings have been accounted for but not modeled. The SOLIDWORKS isometric view of the machine is shown below:
Drafting
From my machine design and CAD courses I became proficient in reading and drafting machining drawings. After completing these by hand and using AUTOCAD I further appreciate the parametric modelers (such as SOLIDWORKS used here) capability to output these with many of the critical dimensions already specified. The machining diagram of a die block is shown below:
Fabrication
Using the machine drawings the team and I completed our various machining and assembly tasks. The final assembly of the machine is shown below:
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