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Project Summary:
This project overall taught me multiple factors about the manufacturing process. The first part that stood out to me the most is the complexity of making simple parts. This project in particular taught me how to operate mills and lathes safely and effectively. In this project I was tasked with creating 3 unique parts. A base made out of Aluminium. A Pen holder made out of brass. And a Pencil holder made out of steel. Each week there was a new lecture in lab teaching us how to use the machines and then afterwards we were given the chance to produce the parts ourselves. Overall the project was my favorite out of all the projects I completed in this class due to how much it pushed me.
The Cost Estimate:
The project itself consisted of 4 major aspects of cost: Brass /Steel /Aluminium raw stock and labor.
Brass: $11.48
Steel: $ 2.00
Aluminium $11.60
labor: $24 an hour * ~20 hours of work = $480
Total Cost: $504.56
Efficiency Improvement:
To be able to improve the efficiency of the manufacturing process I have 2 Suggestions:
To implement the use of CNC lathes and CNC Mills. This would dramatically decrease the total time required for all measurements. The other improvement that I would make would be improving the surface finish processes. For example this would be completed by implementing an automatic grinding machine that would automatically produce consistent quality surface finishes.
10,000 units estimated cost:
Most materials when purchased in bulk dramatically reduce the price of just a single unit. Thus with the cost analysis not including labor we can determine how expensive a individual clock would be if we made a total of 10,000
Brass Total: $48056.40
Brass Individual: $4.81
Steel Total: $17499.30
Steel Individual: $1.75
Aluminium Total: 49,762.13
Aluminium Individual: $4.98
In total we are saving approximately roughly $13 dollars in material every part with a material cost per clock being $11.54.
My advice for future students:
When you take this class as a sophomore for your degree, I highly recommend that you begin to work on the part as soon as possible. There are many students who will take this class with you and it gets busy in the EMEC quickly. Another thing I would recommend: Always ask questions. The content gets difficult to remember especially with the speeds and feeds aspect. There are always TA's available ready to help you. Have fun! This has been one of my favorite classes at CSU so far and this is only an introductory class.
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