Design and Manufacturing of the Extrusion Assembly for an Advanced Process Control Educational Device
FrED (Fiber Extrusion Device) is a desktop fiber extrusion system that is developed to teach advanced process control in a heuristic manner. There was a need to work on reducing the cost of the existing version of FrED to make it accessible to remote learners. The device was broken down into various...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2023
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| Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147393 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-8460 |
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| author | Levi, Aviva Jesse |
| author2 | Anthony, Brian W. |
| author_facet | Anthony, Brian W. Levi, Aviva Jesse |
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| description | FrED (Fiber Extrusion Device) is a desktop fiber extrusion system that is developed to teach advanced process control in a heuristic manner. There was a need to work on reducing the cost of the existing version of FrED to make it accessible to remote learners. The device was broken down into various sub-assemblies and each sub-assembly was investigated in detail to identify opportunities for cost reduction. This thesis outlines the design and manufacturing of the extrusion assembly. The V-model methodology was adopted, and the functional requirements of the extrusion assembly were defined. Four iterations of prototyping were done. The prototypes were validated to see if they meet the functional requirements. User testing was conducted to check how user friendly the design is. A pilot run of 10 parts was done to check for potential design improvements. Lastly, the production level design was prepared along with a process plan. This was used to carry out the pilot production run of 15 FrEDs. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1473932023-01-20T04:04:04Z Design and Manufacturing of the Extrusion Assembly for an Advanced Process Control Educational Device Levi, Aviva Jesse Anthony, Brian W. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering FrED (Fiber Extrusion Device) is a desktop fiber extrusion system that is developed to teach advanced process control in a heuristic manner. There was a need to work on reducing the cost of the existing version of FrED to make it accessible to remote learners. The device was broken down into various sub-assemblies and each sub-assembly was investigated in detail to identify opportunities for cost reduction. This thesis outlines the design and manufacturing of the extrusion assembly. The V-model methodology was adopted, and the functional requirements of the extrusion assembly were defined. Four iterations of prototyping were done. The prototypes were validated to see if they meet the functional requirements. User testing was conducted to check how user friendly the design is. A pilot run of 10 parts was done to check for potential design improvements. Lastly, the production level design was prepared along with a process plan. This was used to carry out the pilot production run of 15 FrEDs. M.Eng. 2023-01-19T18:50:13Z 2023-01-19T18:50:13Z 2022-09 2022-10-05T13:44:25.949Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/147393 https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5574-8460 In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted Copyright retained by author(s) https://rightsstatements.org/page/InC-EDU/1.0/ application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| spellingShingle | Levi, Aviva Jesse Design and Manufacturing of the Extrusion Assembly for an Advanced Process Control Educational Device |
| title | Design and Manufacturing of the Extrusion Assembly for an Advanced Process Control Educational Device |
| title_full | Design and Manufacturing of the Extrusion Assembly for an Advanced Process Control Educational Device |
| title_fullStr | Design and Manufacturing of the Extrusion Assembly for an Advanced Process Control Educational Device |
| title_full_unstemmed | Design and Manufacturing of the Extrusion Assembly for an Advanced Process Control Educational Device |
| title_short | Design and Manufacturing of the Extrusion Assembly for an Advanced Process Control Educational Device |
| title_sort | design and manufacturing of the extrusion assembly for an advanced process control educational device |
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