Small Customer Unit With High Precision Z-Axis Ballscrew:
Large Customer Unit with Double Cross Carriage
Close Up of Cross Carriage and Proximity Sensor
R&D Trials With Laser
Small Customer Unit Final Test
Life Testing of Single Carriage
Prototype 13Nm Dyno - Label Printing Demo after no load and loaded tests - Serial number and test results printed (pre-guards and auto-align)
10Nm Dyno for performance testing stepper motors - No Labview as customer is drive manufacturer and wanted to use their proprietary hardware
End of Line Motor Gearbox Dyno with Sound dBA monitoring
13Nm Dyno - Demonstrating paas/fail criteria
Colour Map Sound Analysis on end of line Dyno
The main aim of this paper is to describe research into shape and form, the translation technologies and how it can support the education of design students with aesthetic design decisions and applications. The research is a development from previous research into a design tool for colour semiotics. The paper discusses a research project at the inception stage; the assessment of the beauty of form, shape and sculpture by the study of symmetry and the golden ratio in 3D objects. The paper will make reference to product and engineering design and the potential integration and application of this research for the education of the designer of the future.
In the 80’s and 90’s industry needed design graduates with additional computer aided design (CAD) skills to introduce and operate the then emerging, and highly expensive, CAD technology. Now with the cost of CAD tumbling and industry expecting good CAD skills from design graduates, the area of Rapid Prototyping and Rapid Manufacture (RP and RM) is set to replace CAD as the area of expertise/knowledge industry require. Not only is teaching RP and RM a way of differentiating courses from other institutions, and attracting students, but more importantly, it might also be that extra knowledge that will get your graduate the job interview.
This paper presents the techniques that overcome the challenges of assessing digital design from concept to prototype. Some of these methods are derived from industrial practices. The paper covers digital concepts both in two-dimensional and threedimensional form as well as models generated from point clouds (i.e. scanned data). The challenges of assessing CAD models are investigated and solutions presented. The importance of design quality in engineering simulation is highlighted. Methods of assessment are suggested for different simulations such as structural, thermal, dynamics, fluid and multiphysics.
