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VDR 1

JTEKT: Grinder Safeguard

Team 511

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Team Introductions

Lucas Salcedo

Materials Engineer 

Hunter Bice

Controls and Systems Integration Engineer

Allen Garcia

Manufacturing Engineer

Nicholas Molitor

Metallurgical Engineer

Jeffrey Telusmond

Design Engineer  

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Sponsor and Advisor

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Project Mentor

Jackson Dixon - JTEKT North America

Academic Advisor

Keith Larson

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Project Objective

The objective of this project is to design machine safeguarding for a 1967 Besly Dual Disk grinder that improves operator safety without lowering output efficiency.

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Project Background

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Project Background

  • JTEKT Products
    • Ball bearings
    • Roller bearings
    • Needle bearings
    • Specialty bearings 
  • Applications
    • Automotive
    • Industrial Manufacturing
    • Aerospace

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Project Background

  • Bearing retainers
    • Stamped and formed
    • Welded
    • Ground
  • Welding seams are ground with an industrial grinder

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Project Background

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Machine Background

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Machine Background

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  • Dual Disk Grinder

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Machine Background

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  • Besly Dual Grinder
    1. Dual 30-inch grinding disks
    2. Existing limit switch shut off
    3. 23-inch dial for parts
    4. Pneumatic autoloader
    5. Disk adjustment wheel
    6. Control panel

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Project Scope

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Key Goals

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Minimize User Injury

Easy to Maintain

Easy to Use ​

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Assumptions

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Proper Dial is Utilized

and Changed

Guard Will Be Utilized

and Maintained

Exposed Part Loading is the 

Primary Concern

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Markets

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Primary

JTEKT

Secondary

Manufacturing plants

OSHA-regulated machine shops

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Stakeholders

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Stakeholders

JTEKT

FAMU-FSU College of Engineering

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Customer Needs

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Customer Design Needs

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Nearest to the dial​

Does not inhibit already existing access to the dials on the grinder​

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Customer Performance Needs

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Provides coverage around the exposed disc

Enables the grinder’s mechanical systems to be operated separately

Ensures a smooth part loading transition

Maintains the current hand-loading capabilities

Provides full control of the machine without needing internal access

Operations wheel must be accessible while mounted on the grinder

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Functional Decomposition

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Functional Decomposition

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Bearing Grinder Guard

Protection

Maneuverability

Efficiency

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Functional Decomposition

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Protection

User Safety

Physically prevents user from harm

Prevents user circumvention

Design

Uses robust materials

Indicates the points of safety concern

Placement is secure

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Functional Decomposition

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Maneuverability

User Interaction

Design moves easily with user input

Provides desired range of motion

Maintains static at extreme positions

Machine Interaction

Allows changing of hardware

Allows for dial adjustment

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Functional Decomposition

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Efficiency

User Capabilities

Allows hand-loading of different parts

Provides access to controls

Machine Function

Permits autoloading of different parts

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Future Work

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Future Work

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Revisit JTEKT Site

Concept Generation

Prototyping

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“Is it hard?��Not if you have the right attitudes. ��It's having the right attitudes that's hard.”�              ―Robert M. Pirsig

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Slide Headline

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College of Engineering Color Palette

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Fang

Orange

RGB: 238, 118, 36

Hex: #EE7624

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Hex: #782F40

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Accent Color Palette

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Tardis Blue

RGB: 0, 59, 111

Hex: #003B6F

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Hex: #003B6F

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RGB: 206, 0, 88

Hex: #CE0058

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Hex: #FBEC5D

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