| Home | The first step of the second phase of the project was the manufacturing
of the SHBA components. This process included the following operations: saw cutting, plasma cutting, center drilling, drilling, countersinking, counter boring, reaming, milling, tapping, turning, threading, surface grinding and polishing. Thanks to the courteousy of the Faculty and Staff of the Advanced Manufacturing Center the following equipment was used to produce necessary parts: MSC Manual Milling Machine, MSC Lathe, Okamoto Surface Grinder, Birmingham Shear, Sheet Metal Box and Pan Brake and Plasma Cutter. In the Crosby Lab band saw, milling machine and lathe were used to make parts. The components are displayed HERE |
| Project Description |
The second step of this phase of the project was the assembly of single parts into sub assemblies and then to the entire apparatus. Basic hand equipment was used to locate and drill the holes in the frame. Sub assemblies were lined up precisely to give the desired accuracy of operation. You can see the sub assemblies and the final assembly HERE. |
| Milestones | The third step was to design and build the control and measurement system that combined with the DAQBook-100 Data Acquisition System would measure velocities of the striker bar and corresponding strains. HERE are the CMS and DAQBook-100 pictures. The pictures will be updated as we progress in our work. |
| Team Members | Final and the most important step in the entire proces is the testing of the apparatus. We conducted velocity and propagation wave measurements and the results are posted in the Final Report HERE. |