Abstract
The goal for the Housing/Chassis Design for Engine Electrical Components team was to design a protective housing for electrical parts that are used to start a turbine engine. Each part is no larger than a computer mouse. Our sponsor, Unison Industries also wanted to minimize the total cost of creating the housing and the amount of time it takes to build and take apart the housing. The electrical parts inside of the housing are used to start the turbine engine. The housing will be exposed to different environments and will experience a lot of vibration while the turbine is on. Through testing and analysis, we achieved our goal by making sure the parts inside of the housing were connected with a tight fit molding design. This provided a specific location for each part to be placed in the housing. Once each part was placed in its correct position, a second molding was placed on top to enclose the parts inside of the housing. This tight fit design helped minimize vibrations and held the parts in place. The total time taken to build the housing and the cost of the housing was also minimized as a result of our design.
