Group 22 - Tecumseh Engine

Revision as of 15:49, 18 December 2011

Overview

Introduction to Mechanical Engineering Practice (MAE277) is a course designed to give students the opportunity to apply and understand the basics of engineering. Throughout the semester students learn the principles of Mechanical Engineering such as the design process, types of manufacturing and important steps of problem analysis. The students are then able to apply this knowledge to a group project based around the reverse engineering of a mechanical system.

During the project each group picks or is assigned a mechanical system to disassemble, analyze and reassemble. It is divided into five seperate checkpoints called "Gates" that focus on different aspects of the project as described below. In order to complete each gate the group must do the necessary research for each topic discussed in the assignment to relate to their product. The group then provides this knowledge in an orderly documentation on the wiki website including tables, figures and links for the convenience of the user.

The project not only covers the main knowledge and application of skills through engineering practice but also forces each group to work with other people as a team to accomplish each task. For some groups this may not be a problem as each group member is easily available, hard working and dedicated to each assignment given. For our group however it became apparent that this would be a huge disadvantage.

Our group has taken the responsibility to analyze a small Tecumseh 5hp internal combustion engine.

Figure 1: Tecumseh 5hp Small Engine

Product Specs

The Tecumseh 5hp Engine (See Figure 1)

• Internal Combustion
• One Cylinder
• Four Stroke (Two Valves)
• Gasoline Powered

Group Members

Ryan Sans:

Project Manager

Matthew Whitman, Darroch Moorhead:

Co-Technical Experts

Kevin Perez:

Communication Liason

Sangjoon Bark:

Research Expert

Gates

The project consist on five gates which describes the process of dissection step by step.

Gate 1: Project Planning

Main Article: Gate 1: Project Planning

Gate 2: Product Dissection

Main Article: Gate 2: Product Dissection

Gate 3: Product Analysis

Main Article: Gate 3: Product Analysis

Gate 4: Product Explanation

Main Article: Gate 4: Product Description

Project Management: Critical Project Review