Hi everyone!
This week Lexi and I spent our time finalizing the ANSYS drill bit model, researching instrumentation, choosing a microphone, and putting together our interim design presentation. We were able to find a DAQ board adaptable to both the accelerometer and microphone, as well as organize all of our work from this semester into a Google Slides.
Hey everyone! This week, Lexi and I took a trip to the Machine Shop to meet with Joe Zanetti, our machinist. Joe introduced us to the CNC machine and all of its features, as well as discussed using different metals and types of drill bits for our project. While we were there, we also met with Dr Wang to take a look at the accelerometers we may use. She gave a tutorial on using the sensors, and we did a quick experiment on LabVIEW, as shown in the figure below.
Over the next week, we plan to complete our ANSYS model and simulation for our presentation in two weeks.
For our 2020-2021 TCNJ Mechanical Engineering Senior Project, Chelsea Jones (myself) and Alexis Colon are working on creating a Digital Twin for Machining Tools. Using ANSYS Mechanical Analysis, we are modeling the CNC machine from our very own machine shop. Our long term goal is to sync sensors on the physical machine to our virtual model to allow for real-time updates and feedback describing the health of the machine. We’ll be posting our progress and accomplishments on here!
