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Industrial Wire Cutting Machine: A Senior Capstone Design Project

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2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access

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Virtual On line

Publication Date

June 22, 2020

Start Date

June 22, 2020

End Date

June 26, 2021

Conference Session

Capstone/ET Projects II - General

Tagged Division

Engineering Technology

Tagged Topic

Diversity

Page Count

17

DOI

10.18260/1-2--34823

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https://strategy.asee.org/34823

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Austin B. Asgill P.E. Kennesaw State University

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Dr Austin B. Asgill received his B.Eng.(hons) (E.E.) degree from Fourah Bay College, University of Sierra Leone, his M.Sc. (E.E.) degree from the University of Aston in Birmingham, and his Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering from the University of South Florida. He is currently a Professor of Engineering Technology (Electrical) at Kennesaw State University (KSU). Prior to joining the faculty at KSU (formerly SPSU), he was an Associate Professor of Electronic Engineering Technology at Florida A&M University (FAMU), where he served as Program Area Coordinator and Interim Division Director. With over 28 years of teaching experience in Electrical/Electronic Engineering and Engineering Technology, he currently teaches in the areas of networking, communication systems, biomedical instrumentation, digital signal processing, and analog and digital electronics. He has worked in industry in the areas of telephony, networking, switching and transmission systems, and RF and MMIC circuits and system design. Dr. Asgill also has an MBA in Entrepreneurial Management from Florida State University. He has served on the board of the Tau Alpha Pi (TAP) National ET Honors Society since 2012 (Chair 2012-2014). He is a Senior Member of the IEEE, a Member of the ASEE, and is a licensed Professional Engineer (P.E.) in the state of Florida.

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Jorge Luis Portillo Rodriguez

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Rebeca Feregrino Rodriguez Kennesaw State University

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Electrical engineering technology graduate from Kennesaw State University.

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Abstract

Manual wire cutting with poorly designed manual wire cutters presents many work-related health issues for electricians. Repetitively cutting wires with such tools can result in injuries to the hands and wrists of the individual. Additionally, manual wire cutting can be inaccurate and is time consuming, which can represent a loss of revenue from the time utilized in the process. Automatic wire cutting machines help to significantly reduce the number of occupational injuries, and improve the accuracy and efficiency of wire cutting. There are a variety of industrial wire cutting and stripping machines on the market. Unfortunately, these machines are expensive and many electrical contractors and small technical shops cannot afford them. As a result, old and outdated automatic wire cutting machines are widely utilized by technicians, manufacturing workers and electrical contractors. These machines are not very efficient and tend to be slower in operation and are subject to technical issues such as jamming. As a result of empirical observations and personal experiences with manual wire cutters and old automatic wire cutting machines, a team of students in the EET Senior Capstone Design Project course at ________ _____ University embarked on the design of a cost-effective industrial wire cutting machine with the goal of improving productivity, performance, accuracy, ease of use, and maintainability while at the same time reducing the cost of manufacturing such a machine. Their design utilizes a spool of wire of the type in automation assembly plant processes, an Arduino microcontroller, and other hardware components such as an LCD screen, push buttons, power supply, motor driver, servo motor, DC motor and DC-to-DC step-down converters. C/C++ functions were developed for the software portion of the project. This paper presents preliminary results from their design project.

Index Terms – Senior Capstone Design Project, Engineering Technology (ET, Industrial Wire Cutting Tool

Asgill, A. B., & Portillo Rodriguez, J. L., & Feregrino Rodriguez, R. (2020, June), Industrial Wire Cutting Machine: A Senior Capstone Design Project Paper presented at 2020 ASEE Virtual Annual Conference Content Access, Virtual On line . 10.18260/1-2--34823

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