Team 17: CNC workholding with smart fluids
Above: A device to help in milling thin-walled parts.
Top Image: Team members from left to right: Sunny Klein, John Shanley, Wyatt Cauble, Joe Knapp, Michael Lajevardi, Hunter Fuqua.
When milling thin-walled parts, time is consumed to create fixtures and plugs to secure parts. Using our workholding technology, the Flux Capacitor, we have significantly reduced the setup effort for securing parts. To secure the part, it is placed inside the rig and surrounded by magnetic ferrofluid, it is then lowered near a neodymium magnet that actuates the fluid and locks the part into place.
Sponsorship
Sponsored by Accu-Precision
Director
Bob Linden
Team Members
- Wyatt Cauble - Manufacturing Engineer
- Hunter Fuqua - Logistics Manager
- Sunny Klein - Systems/Test Engineer
- Joe Knapp - CAD Engineer
- Michael Lajevardi - Financial Manager
- - Project Manager
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