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Re: Bearings in Sheet Metal
On our intake, we needed to press in FR6 bearings in 2 places. The sides of the intake were made from 0.060" 6061 so we weren't totally sure how the press would hold up. We decided to play it safe and added 2 bearing plates that simply acted as a carrier for the bearing and would then bolt onto the intake.
The little plates actually ended up being a bit of a celebrity on the team and we ended up making them into little NUTRONs logos just for some extra flare (bottom right):
They worked out great. It was actually a cool feature too, because it allowed us to disassemble part of the intake from the opposite side where if a bearing were permanently pressed in place, we'd be unable to.
-Brando
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MORT (Team 11) '01-'05 :
-2005 New Jersey Regional Chairman's Award Winners
-2013 MORT Hall of Fame Inductee
NUTRONs (Team 125) '05-???
2007 Boston Regional Winners
2008 & 2009 Boston Regional Driving Tomorrow's Technology Award
2010 Boston Regional Creativity Award
2011 Bayou Regional Finalists, Innovation in Control Award, Boston Regional Finalists, Industrial Design Award
2012 New York City Regional Winners, Boston Regional Finalists, IRI Mentor of the Year
2013 Orlando Regional Finalists, Industrial Design Award, Boston Regional Winners, Pine Tree Regional Finalists
2014 Rhode Island District Winners, Excellence in Engineering Award, Northeastern University District Winners, Industrial Design Award, Pine Tree District Chairman's Award, Pine Tree District Winners
2015 South Florida Regional Chairman's Award, NU District Winners, NEDCMP Industrial Design Award, Hopper Division Finalists, Hopper/Newton Gracious Professionalism Award
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