Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology

Senior Design Projects Fall 2022

Direct Chill (DC) Casting Drive
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Direct Chill Casting

Team Members

Luke Petersen, Trevor Henry, Ryley Johnson

Advisor

Sunil Mehendale, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology

Sponsor

MMET

Project Overview

  • Create a direct chill casting machine for MTU foundry
  • Molten aluminum flows into mold and solidifies as the bottom block lowers
Tensile and Compression Testing Machine
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Hydraulic Material Tester

Team Members

Alec Bloom, Dillon Hude, Andrew Simon

Advisor

Kevin Johnson, Manufacturing and Mechanical Engineering Technology

Sponsor

Donald Engineering

Project Overview

  • The goal of the project is to demonstrate closed loop pressure and force control through the use of an electro-hydraulic tensile and compression machine.
  • Specifically, this machine will be used to upgrade the current material testing performed on the PASCO machines in SB16 of the EERC.
  • This new machine will provide students with the ability to learn about hydraulic systems, PID control with the use of a Human Machine Interface (HMI), and the force and pressure control with samples of various materials.