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September 1996 FAME NewsletterActive Focus Areas
Concurrent Engineering
3-D Parametric Design
Virtual Instrumentation
Rapid Prototyping
Advanced Materials
Inside This Issue 1
What's New? 2
Manufacturing Thought 3
Fame Background 4
Recent Student Projects 5
FAME -us Last Words
WHAT'S NEW?
Pro/E and Mechanica
A big part of our new manufacturing efforts hinge on our recent acquisition of a complete "Enterprise management" tool. This tool is the 3-D, parametric soliddesign and manufacturing framework called Pro/ENGINEER. Pro/E is to drafting what drafting was to cave painting. Pro/E is especially suited to concurrent mechanical design.
Pro/E is an easy-to-learn product with tremendous built -in power. Large on-line library modules interface with Pro/E to provide detailed representations of fasteners, springs, and other hardware. Pro/E keeps track of such elements in an assembly and assembles a bill of materials. Other libraries include electrical and weld symbols, and an ergonomics database.
Pro/E includes a number of manufacturing related modules. Pro/SHEETMETAL permits the user to design, for instance, an enclosure and then "unfolds" the enclosure to the flat shape needed from metal sheet stock. Pro/E can start from a complex solid representation of a part and calculate mold geometries for stamping or injection molding manufacturing methods.
The new Pro/MECHANICA FEA module allows SDSU to offer design optimization as well as rapid prototyping with our Stereolithography services.
Partnering
FAME is well on its way to realizing its mission as a public manufacturing resource. What is lagging behind schedule is widespread notice from the San Diego manufacturing community. In this infancy stage, resources for self-promotion are hard to come by. How can we best promote FAME and yet not let promotion become our main budget item ? This kind of manufacturing partnership has hurt university reputations time and again. Big grants and white knights are always welcome. So are smaller projects and student internships. Come , meet with us, tell us your needs.
FAME Background
San Diego State University's College of Engineering is committed to developing manufacturing technologies, curricula, and services for San Diego's small and medium-sized manufacturers. This newsletter introduces the Facility for Applied Manufacturing Enterprise and related engineering and business curricula, and is intended to highlight SDSU programs in mechanical and system design, measurement, simulation and control, materials and processes, fabrication, test and quality assurance.
FAME resources include 5000 sq. ft. of dedicated floor space. Manufacturing equipment includes injection, compression, extrusion, pultrusion, resin transfer molding and vacuum forming equipment, a composite repair station, ultrasonic scanning equipment, high tonnage platen presses, mechanical testing machines, ovens, CNC lathe and mills, stereolithography, and four multi-axis robots and their controllers. A 3' diameter by 15' long, high-pressure and temperature autoclave , a filament winder, and a 20'x 10' x 6' mill are currently under construction. SDSU's new instructional assembly line is scheduled to come on line early next year. This mini-factory will complement our ongoing commitment to mechatronics.
Recent Student Projects
A recent student project resulted in the design, and rapid development of a patented dental device now scheduled for clinical trials at Loma Linda University. The student employed Pro/E and Stereolithography to develop complex tooling for vacuum-forming of three sizes of the device. Potential savings to the customer: $30K and 6 months development time.
FAME-us Last Words
FAME is a public resource. We invite manufacturers to partake of our facilities, training and consulting. We especially invite sage advice on making FAME more responsive to San Diego, on potential partnering opportunities, entrepreneurial ventures, and other win-win arrangements.
Please contact :
Dr. Jim Burns - Director
FAME - Department of Mechanical Engineering
San Diego State University
San Diego CA 92182-1323
(619) 594-6076
The FAME Newsletter
Facility for Applied Manufacturing Enterprise
September 1996