Supervised Projects

Mar 2025: Prototyping Project for work with EDF

(Apologies for the vagueness - the work is sensitive and I cannot share too much!)

This project involved producing prototypes. It was imperative to maintain dimensional accuracy, whilst adhering to specific model requests, all whilst improving print quality. This project involved working with quite a new material to me which required tweaking of advanced slicer settings to get it right. My personal 3D printing experience really came into use with this one, and my experience with tools.

What I learned

Time management
- Balancing time to different tasks throughout the day
- Print queue management
Adhering to the business' system and safety requirements
Costings
Printing techniques for different requirements
Building relationships with PMs

What my next steps are

Deliver tasks to agreed margins, schedule and quality
Take active steps to modify behaviour as a result of feedback and setbacks
Demonstrate flexibility
Disciplined and organised when approaching tasks
Work on a variety of tasks spanning different projects and clients
Experience different working environments
Gain industry knowledge of tools, technologies and systems

13.01.25 - 18.01.25: Davit Crane Rebuild

The Davit Crane is a 1:12 scale model, which failed whilst lifting a load greater than it was rated for.

For this project, two of us were tasked to:

-Disassemble

-Assess the failure that occurred

-CAD the new parts, considering changing how the part that is broke is loaded

-3D Print it

-Assemble it

This project taught me about working in a team to a deadline, including setting and allocating obtainable tasks.

Here I modified the CAD files to include a 3D printed bearing, which I used 6mm BBs for. I tried to reduce the gear ratio of the slew gear but due to never using Inventor's gear generator, making a worm gear proved to be much more of a learning curve than I thought I would. Maybe in the future!

30.11.24 - 14.12.24: Rainwater Harvesting

I am very happy to be involved in an external project, and although I was only involved in the building, I gained lots of skills along the way and met lots of great people. It may not look like much, but lots of preparation from society members over the years went into this project and being there to build it was very rewarding. I hope the people using the allotment find it useful! I would love to be involved in another project in the future, still sticking with sustainable engineering.

Sep 2024 - Nov 2024: CAD Projects

During my first 3 months of the apprenticeship, I worked towards completing the first module, which is in CAD, in EAL Level 3 Diploma in Engineering and Manufacturing Support Technologies. Here, I learned how to model, make drawings and assemblies to standards in Inventor.

Given drawings to follow, I was tasked with making various parts. Here I am showing the following:

Layshaft
Alloy wheels assembly
Oscillating piston assembly

We completed drawings of each part, and here I show the first one I did. The red is peer feedback, which was done on each drawing. This helped to iron out mistakes or bad habits.