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Oshkosh Additive Manufacturing Team
Sponsor: The Oshkosh Corporation
This project started during the 2021-2022 school year with the goal of making a model of a knuckle for a braking system for the Oshkosh Corporation. This was done using a negative volume model the Oshkosh Corporation provided the team. During the 2022-2023 the goal of the project was to take the work done last year and use powder bed fusion to make the actual part for the Oshkosh Corporation to test. This was all done to shown the potential for additive manufacturing to do rapid prototyping, and to find ways to reduce the weight of the part.
Team: Connor Warwick, John Mayer, Keegan Mclnerney, and Logan Thompson
Hard Solder Alloy Investigation Team
This project also started during the 2021-2022 school year with the goal of finding a hard solder (high melting temperature) alloy system that could replace the costly system that Deringer-Ney is currently using. During the 2022-2023 school year the team did research and used the software Thermo-Calc to find some potentially viable systems to replace the old one. The team cast those systems here on campus to be able to test their properties.
Sponsor: Deringer-Ney
Team: Ryan Dych, Drew Kolodge, Gus Quigley, Emma Quinn, and Sam Vellequette
CURRENT PROJECT TEAMS
Oshkosh Additive Manufacturing Team
The image above shows the 1/3 scale printed final design
Sponsor: The Oshkosh Corporation
This project started last school year with the goal of making a model of a knuckle for a braking system for the Oshkosh Corporation. This was done using a negative volume model the Oshkosh Corporation provided the team. This year the goal of the project is to take the work done last year and use powder bed fusion to make the actual part for the Oshkosh Corporation to test. This is all being done to shown the potential for additive manufacturing to do rapid prototyping, and to find ways to reduce the weight of the part.
Team: Connor Warwick, John Mayer, Keegan Mclnerney, and Logan Thompson
Hard Solder Alloy Investigation Team
A sample casted by the team of a potential system
This project also started last school year with the goal of finding a hard solder (high melting temperature) alloy system that could replace the costly system that Deringer-Ney is currently using. This year the team did research and used the software Thermo-Calc to find some potentially viable systems to replace the old one. Now the team is casting those systems here on campus to be able to test their properties.
Sponsor: Deringer-Ney
Team: Ryan Dych, Drew Kolodge, Gus Quigley, Emma Quinn, and Sam Vellequette
Industry 4.0 Team
The industry 4.0 project is unique as it a project requiring both material science knowledge and cybersecurity knowledge. The project aims to update Michigan Tech’s foundry to have newer equipment and software. The goal of these renovations is to bring the foundry up to industry 4.0 standards. The team has been working with various equipment this year including a camera, Arduino, and more.
Sponsor: Michigan Technological University Department of Material Science and Engineering
Team: Matt Gagnon, Matt Vongphachanh, Ethan Nass, Ewan Beyer, and Nicole Andress
Simulation and Analysis of Crimp Connections Modeling Team
The Lear Corporation uses this wire crimping process to make wiring harnesses for the automotive industry. The modeling team has been working to improve the model of the wire crimping process used by the Lear Corporation to make it more accurate to the real process.
Sponsor: Lear Corporation
Team: Praneet Chinchoriya, Vasu Bhardwaj, and Mason Petersen
Simulation and Analysis of Crimp Connections Material Team
The material team has been working on lots of different testing of samples this year. The team did microhardness testing to figure out what exact type of copper the Lear Corporation had been using in their wires. They are also going to have this copper alloy casted in the foundry here at Michigan Tech to be able to do tensile testing with it.
Sponsor: Lear Corporation
Team: Hunter Wilke, Amber Shaw, Tim Peters, and Dakota Dorner
Relativity Space Senior Team
Researching aluminum alloys that are optimized for wire arc additive manufacturing without post heat treatment. This removes an expensive and difficult process step for large format aerospace part production.
Sponsor: Relativity Space
Team: Ross Patterson, Devin Deaton, and Morgan Drumm
Mercury Tool and Die Senior Team
Investigating feasability of wire arc additive manufacturing for quicker and cheaper production of tooling components for die casting machinery. Investigating CAD to part strategies and material possibilities to enhance part performance and lessen production costs.
Sponsor: Mercury Marine/ Mercury Castings
Team: Mike Groeneveld, Ty Timmermann, and Noah Ekdom
Q&P WAAM Underclass Team
Studying possibility of wire arc additive manufacturing as a means of quench and partition steel parts production. This would be a possible opportunity for value added complex geometries on top of tradition steel products using this highly researched alloys.
Sponsor: Arcellor-Mittal
Team: Eli Harma, Zbigniew Bell, Reese Eichner, Conor Warwick
Charpy Steel Underclass Team
Characterization of fracture for AHSS steel alloys with higher than normal ductile to brittle transition temperatures. Analysis primarily comes from the fracture of Charpy samples and SEM magnified images.
Sponsor: Arcellor-Mittal
Team: Liam Mcleod, Sophie Mehl, Nicholas Overesch, Tim Gerst
Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Tool and Die Components – Phase 1
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Wire Arc Additive Manufacturing of Quench and Partition Steels
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Characterization of Fracture Surfaces for AHSS
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