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Team 515: JTEKT Bearing Painter
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Sponsors and Advisors

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Coltin Fortner

Project Sponsor

JTEKT Process Engineer

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Joshua Jones

Project Sponsor

JTEKT Senior Product Design Engineer

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Shayne McConomy

Project Advisor

Mechanical Engineering Senior Design Coordinator

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Meet The Team

Empowering JTEKT with innovation and creativity

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Maximilian Jones

Project Manager & Control Engineer

Maximilian will graduate in the Spring of 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He will begin his career as a design engineer at a control systems and building automation company called Advanced Control Corporation in South Florida.

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Mason Gibson

Manufacturing Engineer

Mason will graduate in Spring 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering with a focus on Dynamic Systems. He plans to pursue a career in 3D printing and Additive Manufacturing.

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Anthony Wuerth

Manufacturing & Design Engineer

Anthony will graduate in Spring 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He will start work in June 2024 as a Maintenance Design Engineer for a Westrock plant in Northern Alabama.

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Wesley Jean-Pierre

Design Engineer & Webmaster

Wesley will graduate in the Spring of 2024 at FAMU-FSU College of Engineering with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering focusing on Thermal Fluids. He plans to pursue a career in Aeronautical or Design engineering in south Florida.

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Andrew McClung

Systems Integration Engineer

Andrew will graduate in Spring 2024 with a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering. He has accepted a position at LPL Solar as a field engineer and is excited to begin working in the solar industry.

Abstract

JTEKT North America has sponsored our team to create an automated bearing retainer painter. JTEKT makes needle roller bearings that visually look similar but serve different purposes. For this reason, they need to paint the retainers for easier customer identification. Applying the layout paint, called Dykem, is currently performed by hand, which is a tedious and timely effort. Our team's task is to create a machine that accurately paints a stripe of Dykem, centered around the outside diameter of the bearing. The machine will be adjustable for bearing retainers between 7/8 inch to 2 1/2 inches in outer diameter. Our machine decreases the company work hours devoted to painting the bearing retainers, which allows employees to focus on completing other tasks. We have defined three main systems of our project: part intake, part painting, and part dispensing. Our part intake method uses a hopper that the user hand loads, which funnels into the part painting system. The dispenser creates a pause between parts when moving them to the painting system, preventing the machine from backing up and failing. The painting system consists of a conveyor belt that rotates the bearings while the paint applicator precisely contacts the needed section of the bearing retainer. Following the painting, the machine moves the parts to a container for drying. Our machine is versatile, allowing for different bearing sizes and colors of paint to be successfully used. The machine is also durable, with the frame consisting of 80/20 aluminum extrusion which is common on the JTEKT production floor. The machine fits under a fume hood, limiting the user from the chemical fumes of Dykem. Overall, our project successfully achieves the goal of quickly and efficiently painting the bearing retainers.

Deliverables

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Design Reviews
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Supporting Doccuments
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Detailed Drawings

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