2016 2016: Capstone Project: Plasma Tank Improvement

Josh Stoddard, Huan Yu, Josh Stoddard, and Alex Glenn
2016 2016: Capstone Project: Plasma Tank Improvement
Capstone Project: Plasma Tank Improvement

The team designed, built, and successfully demonstrated a means and apparatus to remove the sediment in a plasma cutter water tank, thus reducing the necessary (and costly) manufacturing shutdown that would otherwise be needed for manual cleaning of the tank.

Faculty Advisor:

Dr. Raymond Laoulache

Team:

Alex Glenn (Leader), Mechanical Engineering
Josh Stoddard, Mechanical Engineering
Huan Yu, Mechanical Engineering
Josh Stoddard, Mechanical Engineering

Sponsor:

Gladding-Hearn Shipbuilding

Abstract:

The team designed, built, and successfully demonstrated a means and apparatus to remove the sediment in a plasma cutter water tank, thus reducing the necessary (and costly) manufacturing shutdown that would otherwise be needed for manual cleaning of the tank.

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Department of Mechanical Engineering