Price Faculty of Engineering: Recent submissions

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    • Improving Accuracy of Robotic Operations Through Detailed Robot Cell Calibration 

      Goltz, Peter (2022-03-28)
      Robot cell calibration ensures that all areas in the robot cell, including tool pick up points and workspace tables, are calibrated with the robot. Often times, the solution to achieve higher accuracy with robot ...

    • TRAIN PERFORMANCE CALCULATOR FOR THE IBM PC 

      Girling, Robert Richard (1986)
      A train performance calculator program was written in Basic for the IBM Personal Computer. The train performance calculator simulates the operation of a single train along a specific route. Velocity, time, and fuel ...

    • Synchrotron tomography applications in agriculture and food sciences research: a review 

      Indore, Navnath S.; Karunakaran, Chithra; Jayas, Digvir S. (2022-08-13)
      Abstract Synchrotron imaging is widely used for research in many scientific disciplines. This article introduces the characteristics of synchrotron X-ray imaging and its applications in agriculture and food ...

    • Engine modifications for the Formula SAE race car 

      Hohenberg, Edward G. (1987)
      A group of students at the University of Manitoba are involved in the design and construction of a small, formula race car to be entered in the Formula SAE student engineering competition. This thesis deals with the ...

    • Euler equations for isentropic gas dynamics with general pressure law 

      Ibrahim, Muhammad; Din, Anwarud; Yusuf, Abdullahi; Lv, Yu-Pei; Jahanshahi, Hadi; Aly, Ayman A. (2022-01-28)
      Abstract In this work, we explore the limiting behavior of Riemann solutions to the Euler equations in isentropic gas dynamics with general pressure law. We demonstrate that in the distributional sense the ...

    • Bag Splitting Hopper 

      Rusk, Trevor; Dupont, Lianne; Knudson, Liam; Dziedzic, Anthony (2019-12-04)
      Nutrien Rocanville Potash (NRP) is a Saskatchewan based producer of potash fertilizer that wished to address safety concerns associated with the reagent addition process. This process currently requires operators to work ...

    • Farm Grade Distributor Redesign & Cost Savings 

      Marquez, Mark Anthony; DaCosta, Megan; Patel, Kavan; Abhazim, Zerlina (2019-12-04)
      AGI-VIS is a supplier of commercial agricultural equipment and is in the early stages of expanding its product line to include farm grade equipment. AGI-VIS tasked our team to design a farm grade version of their distributors. ...

    • AdjustableFiberglass Transformer Pad Mold 

      Couture, Nick; Drabchuk, Nick; Dyck, Andrea; Fedorchuk, Connor (2019-12-04)
      This design report provides an overview of the design process used by the U of M Team to develop a 2-dimensionl adjustable mold for Structural Composite Technologies’(SCT)custom transformer pad (T-Pad) production process. ...

    • Storeveyor System Design 

      Marcial, Emar; Scheurer, Max; Guillou, Trevor; Kozarchuk, Mikayla (2019-12-04)
      This report outlines the design of a conveyor storage system, known as a storeveyor, for the hash brown line in the McCain Foods Carberry plant. McCain requires a temporary storage system for frozen hash brown patties that ...

    • Design of a 600HP Diesel Power Gearbox Test Stand 

      Usov, Aleksandr; Peters, Josh; Smith, Scott; Giesbrecht, Tanner; Chen, Xu (2019-12-04)
      This report details the design of a gearbox test stand dynamometer for Elmer’s Manufacturing, a Manitoba-based producer of industrial agricultural equipment. The purpose of this project is to improve Elmer’s testing procedure ...

    • CNG Rack LightweightingwithComposites 

      Armstrong, Robin; Nirza, Mel; Smagh, Harmanpreet; Zhang, Tianyi (2019-12-04)
      This report outlines the design changes of a structural steel rack that holds tanks containing compressed natural gas (CNG), for the purpose of weight reduction and ease of assembly. The CNG rack is mounted on the roof ...

    • DESIGN OF A LOWER LIMB SUPPORT SYSTEM FOR THE APPLICATION OF COMPRESSION BANDAGES 

      Bohn, Ryan; Johnson, Sarah; Madariaga, Anton; Poirier Cole, Sophie; Zolotarev, Maxim (2019-12-04)
      The objective of this project is to design and prototype a device for the Winnipeg Regional Health Authority/Shared Health (WRHA/SH) to assist clinical providers with the application of two-layered compression bandages to ...

    • Design of Hydraulic Loading Room Layout and HVAC 

      Yakimishen, Mark; Parker, Samantha; Ariano, Philip; Wiebe, Byron (2019-12-04)
      This report presents details of the process taken to reach the final conceptual design of a hydraulic loading room to be implemented at the MDS AeroTest GLACIER facility. This room is used to house equipment ...

    • Design of a Powder Removal Device for DirectMetal Laser Sintered Parts 

      Anderson, Riley; Geleta, Atlanta; Schulz, Lukas; Beynon, Hannah; Gervai, Daniel (2019-12-04)
      Precision ADM is a global engineering and manufacturing solutions provider that produces a variety of metallic 3-D printed parts for various sectors including the medical sector. The production of such parts involves ...

    • Sprue BarCastingProcess Improvement 

      Anwar, Muhammed; Buenafe, Charles; Chung, Yan Pan; Paulic, Justin (2019-12-04)
      The objective of this project is to improve the current wax sprue bar production rate at Matrix Industries from five sprue bars per hour to a minimum of 50 sprue bars per hour. The project team has designed a robot system ...

    • FRP GRINDER GUARDDESIGN PROJECT 

      Ghai, Sumit; Chamberland, Justin; Deora, Dhruv; Patel, Abhi (2019-12-04)
      Carfair Composite is a division of New Flyer Industries Group Inc. and manufacturer of Fiber-Reinforced Plastics (FRP) and composites. Operators at Carfair are using an AP10-4 Diatrim 4-inch fiberglass grinder from Applifast ...

    • Shaft Manufacturing Process Improvement 

      Wood, Brett; Collier, Gabe; Husack, Paul (2019-12-04)
      Team 16 has designed a dedicated manufacturing cell to produce the three types of reel drive shafts used in MacDon’s combine headers. The new cell features a CNC lathe capable of machining discs and shafts, as well as a ...

    • HYDROELECTRIC TURBINE–DISTRIBUTOR FALL ARREST ANCHOR SYSTEM DESIGN 

      Fernandez, John Paul; Yu, Haoyu; Johannson, Sabryna; Feng, Kailin (2019-12-04)
      Currently faces an issue regarding the fall protection of workers conducting routine maintenance work on turbine runners and liners. Currently, two methods of fall arrest anchor systems are used by the workers ...

    • Insert Base Automated Foam Gasket Installation 

      Ager, Liam; Fu, Zhifan; Montemayor, Jed; Lu, Kaiyue (2019-12-04)
      Melet Plastics Inc. has tasked Team 15 with designing an automated method of installing a foam gasket onto a plastic insert base. The current installation process is done manually, which is costly, tedious, fast paced, and ...

    • Novel Methods of Maneuvering Large Tools for Composite Processing 

      Mubarak, Mustafa; Anwar, Maheen; Comte, Matthew; Turnbull, James (2019-12-04)
      Boeing Canada Winnipeg (BCW) is currently facing an issue regarding their current process for maneuvering their large shaping tools used for assembling composite components. These composite parts are constructed using a ...