How to Design and Build Scientific Apparatuses
Dawn Wendell, Bryan Ruddy
No enrollment limit, no advance sign up
Participants welcome at individual sessions (series)
For graduate students with little to no design or manufacturing experience who find themselves needing to build set-ups or instruments for their research. A background in basic solid mechanics (2.001 or equivalent) is assumed. This class is an introduction to designing and manufacturing, with a practical emphasis and information about further resources at MIT and elsewhere. This class will answer such questions as: How do I attach these two pieces together? How can I make something that looks like THIS? Where can I find a kind of material? How do I make this move the way I want?
Web: http://web.mit.edu/ruddman/www/iap.html
Contact: Dawn Wendell, 3-147, dawn@mit.edu
Sponsor: Mechanical Engineering
Dawn Wendell, Bryan Ruddy
3-4pm: The design process (identifying needs, brainstorming, planning, etc)
4-5pm: Material selection
Mon Jan 29, 03-05:00pm, 1-150
Dawn Wendell, Bryan Ruddy
3-4pm: Design basics (constraints, fasteners, motion items like bearings)
4-5pm: Design tips and mistakes (use common bolt sizes, minimize part count, self-help)
Tue Jan 30, 03-05:00pm, 1-150
Dawn Wendell, Bryan Ruddy
3-4pm: Manufacturing: metal removal (bandsaw, drill press, mill, lathe)
4-5pm: Design for milling/turning/drilling
Wed Jan 31, 03-05:00pm, 1-150
Dawn Wendell, Bryan Ruddy
3-4pm: Manufacturing: rapid prototyping, molding, forming, casting
4-5pm: Drawing, dimensioning, tolerancing, and working with outside shops (guest lecturer)
Thu Feb 1, 03-05:00pm, 1-150
Dawn Wendell, Bryan Ruddy
3-4pm: Effective use of drills, saws, taps, and dies (or how to not break tools)
4-5pm: Motion control (belts, pulleys, gears, motors, etc.)
Fri Feb 2, 03-05:00pm, 1-150
Latest update: 03-Nov-2006
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