During the course of history the manufacturing process has drastically changed. The idea of the manufacturing process is to create something that is useful. Manufacturing itself can be defined as the use of machines or tools and labor to make things for trade or sale. Manufacturing years ago was done by very skilled artisans and the work was very crucial to their livelihood. This process consisted of hard labor and long hours to produce anything. We have come a long way from items being custom made by hand to mass productions of those same items made by machines. This change began in England in the 18th century and is now known as the Industrial Revolution. Along with the change in the manufacturing process came a change within the material world. Not only were new materials introduced, but pre-existing materials were improved and enhanced. When dealing with materials such as metals, corrosion, friction and insulation issues come into play. Coating metals is the most widespread solution to those concerns. It is also used as a decorative finish to a product or part. For the senior design project, the assignment was to create an automated machine that could coat pieces of metal with paint first to add a decorative finish to the metal parts and then with a UV curable polymer. This research paper serves the purpose of explaining our manufacturing process of this coating machine. A history of the manufacturing process and an explanation of coating methods are discussed in this paper as well. .
Objective.
The objective was to create an automated machine that could coat pieces of metal with paint first to add a decorative finish to the metal parts and then with a UV curable polymer. We propose that the best actuator to use is the electric actuator and the best method of coating the metal pieces is the dipping method.
Automated Coating Machine.
During the course of history the manufacturing process has drastically changed.
