CSUC manufacturing students win 2006 manufacturing challenge.California State Univ. Chico Manufacturing Technology students won the Grand Prize in the Society of Manufacturing Engineers The Society of Manufacturing Engineers [1] (SME) is dedicated to bringing people and information together to advance manufacturing knowledge. SME is internationally recognized by manufacturing practitioners, companies and other organizations as a source for information, Westec Manufacturing Challenge at the Los Angeles Convention Center The Los Angeles Convention Center (abbreviated LACC) is a convention center in downtown Los Angeles. The LACC hosts annual events such as the Greater Los Angeles Auto Show, and was best known to video games fans as host to E3 until its cessation in 2006. on March 27 for a cast aluminum transmission adapter case. The 356 T6 aluminum sand cast adapter case enables an owner of a Toyota 4-wheel drive pickup truck to install dual transfer cases inline with an automatic transmission for rock crawling and other extreme off-road competitions. This is CSUC's third Grand Prize win in the past four years. Chico also won the top university award in 1987, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1995 and 1998. The transmission adapter case was built for Skyway Transmissions, Paradise, Calif., as a commercial product. The students took Skyway's design and rapid prototyped the pattern applying draft, shrinkage and machining allowance. The students also added the company's name, address and logo. The adapter case was sand cast using 356 aluminum that was then heat treated to T6. This required building a quenching quenching Rapid cooling, as by immersion in oil or water, of a metal object from the high temperature at which it is shaped. Quenching is usually done to maintain mechanical properties that would be lost with slow cooling. tank with circulating heated water. Next came the designing and building of a four-position progressive fixture for CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) See numerical control. CNC - Collaborative Networked Communication machining the castings. The students also developed an innovative method of inspecting the part's accuracy by programming the robots in the robotics lab to inspect the size and location of the holes and other machined features. The project was started in late October and completed as an extracurricular activity on the students' own time. Twenty students and three professors made the trip to Westec this year. The students on the Westec team are enrolled in the CSU See DSU/CSU. 1. CSU - California State University. 2. CSU - Cleveland State University. 3. CSU - Channel Service Unit. Chico Bachelor of Science Noun 1. Bachelor of Science - a bachelor's degree in science BS, SB bachelor's degree, baccalaureate - an academic degree conferred on someone who has successfully completed undergraduate studies in Manufacturing Technology program, which includes a minor in production and operations management. The team presenters were Chris St. John, Calvin Leiker, Kevin Stein, Kevin Maynard, Phil Linscheid and Chris Marks. An additional 15 students made primary contributions to the project. They were Scott Baldwin, Steven Boruta, Neal Cameron, Jamie Cogorno, Jeff Ferreira, Stephen Foute, Kyle Greer, David Hill, Ben Hoover, David Lyman, Orian Price, Erik Rott, Paul Ting, Zack Waddle and Alba Zenil. Leonard Fallscheer is the SME (1) (Small and Medium-sized Enterprise) See SMB. (2) (Subject Matter Expert) An individual who is well-versed in the policies and procedures of a particular department or division. Student Chapter Faculty Advisor. |
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