JTEKT, A bearing manufacturing company, has commissioned our capstone team to enhance the safety of their 1967 Besly Dual Disk grinder. The main concern addressed by the project is the risks of users unintentionally placing their fingers in pinch points and danger areas on the machine’s loading area. As such, implementing a new safety standard to protect the employee and minimize workplace injuries while also maintaining the machine’s output efficiency was our goal. Our solution for this plea was an emergency stop limit switch, which connects to the grinder's circuitry. This limit switch is highly accessible and covers all pre-existing pinch points on the machine, providing a method of safely and quickly shutting the grinder off to any user. Additionally, a steel sheet guard for the lower pinch point on the machine was implemented, which would prevent any user from being injured by it.
Controls and Systems Integration Engineer
ME Undergraduate
Hunter will graduate in Spring of 2025, and attend graduate school with an interest in controls and robotics.
Manufacturing Engineer
ME Undergraduate
Allen will graduate in Spring of 2025 and attend graduate school with an interest in manufacturing and robotics.
Metallurgical Engineer
ME Undergraduate
Nicholas will be pursuing his masters at FAMU-FSU COE, continue doing research at the MagLab, and will likely move back to the midwest to work in manufacturing.
Materials Engineer
ME Undergraduate
Lucas will graduate in Summer of 2025 and pursue a career in the industry with an interest in materials, acoustics and audio equipment.
Design Engineer
ME Undergraduate
Jeffrey is looking to work at a local contrition as a Mechanical, Electrical, and Plumbing engineer, as well as pursue FE licenses and beyond.
Anthony Carmada
JTEKT North America
Keith Larson
F
AMU-FSU College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
Shayne McConomy
FAMU-FSU College of Engineering
Department of Mechanical Engineering
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