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Wheel Chair Modification: Top of Page
Staff at Clifford Park
Special School Toowoomba asked us to modify a wheel chair for a student with
Cerebral Palsy and just the use of one arm our prototype shown below was
developed and constructed in our workshops. Test. indicated the design would
work, it was then shown to the staff at the school for feed back we were asked
if we could construct the drive mechanism so the wheel chair could fold up.
The students chair was
different to the chair we had to work with initially,
some change had to be made. The system release with just two thumbscrews and
small grooves were added to the rollers for added friction. When engaged both wheels turn at the same
rate-allowing drive in a straight line when disengaged the student is able to
turn again
Student and Staff Projects: Top of Page
An example of the project
that I have had to construct for undergraduates and Post Graduate Students
Ausroc:
Above
- The first image is of clamping arrangement
designed for use in the Ausroc Project to Hold
Rocket in place in preparation for launch.
- The second image is a stainless steel
component used to guide and retain a valve in the third image.
- The third image is the male housing for
the Lox coupling constructed of aluminium this coupling supply’s
oxygen fuel to the rocket.
Sugar Cane Industry:
Cane Base cutter
simulator Top of Page
Above
This is a cane cutter simulator
used to improve the design of cutting blades used in the sugar industry.
Below is a chute that was
constructed in our workshops combined with a fan arrangement to sort sugar cane
from the trash in the field the trash is used by the mill to generate power and
stem for its operation and sale back to the grid. The team conducting the
research trailed two Different Systems.
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