Group 24 - GM Inline Four Cylinder Engine - Revision history

MAE277 24 09: /* Work Proposal */

2009-12-16T04:39:33Z

Work Proposal

MAE277 24 09: /* Product Reassembly */

2009-12-16T04:37:36Z

Product Reassembly

MAE277 24 09: /* 1. Request for Proposal */

2009-12-16T04:34:25Z

1. Request for Proposal

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MAE277 24 09: /* Management Proposal */

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Management Proposal

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Management Proposal

MAE277 24 09: /* 1. Request for Proposal */

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1. Request for Proposal

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1. Request for Proposal

MAE277 24 09: Group 24 - Project Plan moved to Group 24 - GM Inline Four Cylinder Engine over redirect

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MAE277 24 09: Group 24 - GM Inline Four Cylinder Engine moved to Group 24 - Project Plan

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 ==Work Proposal==
-The dissection of an engine requires tools, space, knowledge and time. The dissection will take place in the lab where the engine is stored, it should contain all the tools necessary to complete our task. As for knowledge, Adam Shellenberger did a significant amount of work on car engines in high school, making him an excellent resource that our group will make use of over the course of this project. He is familiar with most of the parts that go into an engine as well as how it works. Time is the greatest constraint on this project, not only for the dissection. We have found times when at least 3 members of the group can meet and will do dissection during these periods of time.
+Work Proposal has been moved [[Group_24_-_GM_Inline_Four_Cylinder_Engine/Plan/|here]]
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-'''<big>Capabilities</big>'''
-*Most members of the group have some experience with a CAD package, this should allow our modeling expert to delegate tasks during the modeling in order to speed things up.
-*The technical expert has an excellent understanding of car engines, this should make product disassembly and reassembly go quickly and smoothly. Other members of the group are familiar with the tools required and are familiar with basic product tear down procedures. This should prove greatly helpful to the technical expert during dissection.
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-'''<big>Challenges</big>'''
-*Only one team member has a working knowledge of internal combustion engines. While this does make him an asset to the group, without him present during the dissection we could run into problems identifying parts or disassembling them.
-*We have a large and complex engine with many pieces, keeping everything organized could become a problem during dissection and reassembly. A number of different bolt lengths, threads and head sizes are used, keeping careful track of each variant is very important.
-*None of the group members have experience creating or editing a Wiki page, so our Wikipage Designer will have to learn many new things as the needs present themselves.
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-'''<big>Plan for Dissection</big>'''<br>
-Regardless of the number of parts, dissection of any product follows the same procedure; remove each piece in the order which they are available. We plan on disconnecting everything that we have access to, and then disconnecting the pieces which are exposed. In this way we will eventually disconnect every part from its neighbors. This is, of course, a simplification of the actual process required to dissect an engine but it conveys the basic concept of how product dissection occurs. Throughout the process we will be labeling and keeping track of parts, regardless of size and shape. Every piece connects to its neighbors in a specific way and the multitude of bolts are not all the same length or threading. A variety of tools will be needed for this endeavor, see below for the list of tools.
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-'''<big>Necessary Tools</big>'''
-*Engine Mount - Without a means of elevating the engine and rotating it this project would be nearly impossible. Certain pieces of the engine are secured to the bottom of other pieces, so without access to the bottom of the engine we would never be able to fully dissect the product.
-*Socket Wrench - A socket wrench with a set of hex sockets is absolutely essential. Every bolt we have located is a hex bolt, ranging from 8mm to 16mm.
-*Crescent wrench - Some locations it may be simpler and easier to use a crescent wrench rather than a socket wrench, having the correct sized crescents available could be invaluable
-*Mallet - Some force is required to separate press fit parts such as the bearings on the crankshaft and connecting rods for the pistons/
-*Pliers - In some cases parts may want to turn which are supposed to remain stationary, in which case pliers would allow us to prevent or force motion as needed.
 ==Management Proposal==

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	==Product Reassembly==		==Product Reassembly==
		+	As expected, the tools required for reassembly are almost identical to those required for dissection. A socket set and crescent wrenches were used to tighten all the bolts ranging from 8mm to 16mm. A special tool was required to compress the rings on the piston heads which was not needed during dissection. Pliers were useful for one part that needed to have one part remain still while another turned. The mallet was needed to get the pistons into place. No other tools were needed for reassembling the product.
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	We rated the difficulty of each step on a scale of one to five with one being very simple and five very complex. A complexity of one means that it was very straight forward to perform this step of reassembly. This means there were very few parts to reattach, they did not require special tools and positioning of the part is fool-proof. A complexity of five means that the part required special tools to reattach, part location or orientation was not sure even with excellent documentation, it may also mean that there were a large number of parts with slight differences among them. <br><br>		We rated the difficulty of each step on a scale of one to five with one being very simple and five very complex. A complexity of one means that it was very straight forward to perform this step of reassembly. This means there were very few parts to reattach, they did not require special tools and positioning of the part is fool-proof. A complexity of five means that the part required special tools to reattach, part location or orientation was not sure even with excellent documentation, it may also mean that there were a large number of parts with slight differences among them. <br><br>

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 =1. Request for Proposal=
-The first step in reverse engineering process is to take an initial look at the engine and estimate what will be required for this process. For this reason we have put together a work and management proposal, to cover the initial phase, product break-down. We have also created a road-map of where we believe we should be and when for the rest of the project. This plan can be seen in the Gannt chart in the management proposal.
+The first step in reverse engineering process is to take an initial look at the engine and estimate what will be required for this process. For this reason we have put together a work and management proposal, to cover the initial phase, product break-down. We have also created a road-map of where we believe we should be and when for the rest of the project. This plan can be seen in the Gantt chart in the management proposal.
 ==Work Proposal==

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 [[Image:Four cylinder engine.jpg|thumb|400px|Four Cylinder Engine]]
 =1. Request for Proposal=
 The first step in reverse engineering process is to take an initial look at the engine and estimate what will be required for this process. For this reason we have put together a work and management proposal, to cover the initial phase, product break-down. We have also created a road-map of where we believe we should be and when for the rest of the project. This plan can be seen in the Gannt chart in the management proposal.

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 ==Management Proposal==
-Management proposal has been moved [[Group_24_-_GM_Inline_Four_Cylinder_Engine/Plan|here]]
+Management proposal has been moved [[Group_24_-_GM_Inline_Four_Cylinder_Engine/Plan/|here]]
 ==Initial Product Assessment==

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 ==Management Proposal==
-An important step in any project is estimating the amount of time required to complete each step and figuring out how to fit all of that work into the period available for the project. To this end we created this Gantt chart, detailing each of the steps and when that step is to be completed. Another important thing is organization. Our group meets on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday from 4:50-5:00pm to discuss where each member is with his assigned tasks and figure out who will be working on what in the future. We communicate mostly via email, with phone calls and text messages used in the case of time-sensitive questions.
+Management proposal has been moved [[Group_24_-_GM_Inline_Four_Cylinder_Engine/Plan|here]]
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-[[Image:Gannt.jpg|thumb|700px|Gantt Chart]]
-'''<big>Project Personnel</big>'''<br>
-*Randolf Zingo - Project Manager, Communications Liason
-**Main Point of contact between Group 24 and the professor and teaching assistants
-**Ensure that all group members know what tasks they must complete
-**Ensure that the group stays on track for deadlines
-*Kwok Chan - WikiPage Designer
-**Learn how to create and edit the WikiPage
-**Add content to the Wiki Page throughout the course of the project
-**Work with the Lead Researcher to improve the WikiPage based on his research
-*Adam Shellenberger - Technical Expert
-**Supervise the product dissection
-**Supervise the product reassembly
-**Responsible for the technical details included in
-*Jacob Bober - Media Director, 3D Modeling Expert
-**Take pictures and video of the product
-**Production of the 3D models of parts
-*Aaron Selkridge - Lead Researcher
-**Researching topics that no group member has experience in
-**Researching past projects to find ways of improving our own
-**Collaborate with the Wikipage Designer to incorporate research
 ==Initial Product Assessment==