Cylinder Casting of the Atlantic “Make- and-Break” Marine Engine
The Atlantic “Make-and-Break” Marine Engine was one of the first engines to be mass produced on the Canadian Atlantic coast, and it quickly revolutionized the fishing industry in that area. The Apprentices of Pappalardo lab began a project to make a replica of one of these engines in 2016 to so that...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2024
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| author | Mosser, Mark |
| author2 | Braunstein, Daniel |
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| description | The Atlantic “Make-and-Break” Marine Engine was one of the first engines to be mass produced on the Canadian Atlantic coast, and it quickly revolutionized the fishing industry in that area. The Apprentices of Pappalardo lab began a project to make a replica of one of these engines in 2016 to so that they could gain a deeper understanding of sandcasting and how this engine was fabricated. This thesis is a continuation of that project. Students have been fabricating parts for the engine since 2016, and as of Fall 2024 there was one part left to cast: the cylinder. This thesis covers 3 attempts at casting the cylinder for this engine. I will explain the previous work done to cast this part and what I modified from the previous work to make the part easier to cast. I will explain the failure modes that I experienced from the pours, the ways they can be mitigated in the future, and lessons learned for future attempts to cast this cylinder. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1566052024-09-04T03:01:10Z Cylinder Casting of the Atlantic “Make- and-Break” Marine Engine Mosser, Mark Braunstein, Daniel Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Mechanical Engineering The Atlantic “Make-and-Break” Marine Engine was one of the first engines to be mass produced on the Canadian Atlantic coast, and it quickly revolutionized the fishing industry in that area. The Apprentices of Pappalardo lab began a project to make a replica of one of these engines in 2016 to so that they could gain a deeper understanding of sandcasting and how this engine was fabricated. This thesis is a continuation of that project. Students have been fabricating parts for the engine since 2016, and as of Fall 2024 there was one part left to cast: the cylinder. This thesis covers 3 attempts at casting the cylinder for this engine. I will explain the previous work done to cast this part and what I modified from the previous work to make the part easier to cast. I will explain the failure modes that I experienced from the pours, the ways they can be mitigated in the future, and lessons learned for future attempts to cast this cylinder. S.B. 2024-09-03T21:11:02Z 2024-09-03T21:11:02Z 2024-05 2024-07-10T17:33:33.234Z Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/156605 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 | Mosser, Mark Cylinder Casting of the Atlantic “Make- and-Break” Marine Engine |
| title | Cylinder Casting of the Atlantic “Make- and-Break” Marine Engine |
| title_full | Cylinder Casting of the Atlantic “Make- and-Break” Marine Engine |
| title_fullStr | Cylinder Casting of the Atlantic “Make- and-Break” Marine Engine |
| title_full_unstemmed | Cylinder Casting of the Atlantic “Make- and-Break” Marine Engine |
| title_short | Cylinder Casting of the Atlantic “Make- and-Break” Marine Engine |
| title_sort | cylinder casting of the atlantic make and break marine engine |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/156605 |
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