{"id":390,"date":"2014-06-06T11:30:05","date_gmt":"2014-06-06T15:30:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/?p=390"},"modified":"2014-06-05T11:30:16","modified_gmt":"2014-06-05T15:30:16","slug":"fans-and-rocket-fins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2014\/06\/06\/fans-and-rocket-fins\/","title":{"rendered":"Fans and rocket fins"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone,<\/p>\n<p>One of our engineering students, Jonnathan, designed a prototype rocket fin in Creo.\u00a0 We loaded this object into the 3D printer\u2019s \u201cMakerware\u201d software and will print it this afternoon.\u00a0 Having a physical object in-hand now means they can visually inspect its properties, making first-time rocket launches more likely to be successful.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1058\/2014\/06\/rocket-fin.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-394\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1058\/2014\/06\/rocket-fin-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"rocket fin\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dusty is working on repairing a standing floor fan for E-Wing.\u00a0 The plastic coupler broke that connects the curled metal pipe that sits on the floor and the vertical pipe below the fan itself.\u00a0 As you can see, he is making good progress on it.\u00a0 If the printed part breaks later, we can easily print another.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1058\/2014\/06\/fan-collar.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-398\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/1058\/2014\/06\/fan-collar-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"fan collar\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Andrew is working on the geared heart box.\u00a0 We are thinking of redesigning the connecting pins as the existing design do not lock into place well.\u00a0 It is almost ready for its first cranking!<\/p>\n<p>Stop by A-120 to see the rocket fin being printed as well as the floor fan coupler being designed; they are both quite impressive.<\/p>\n<p>Tom<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello everyone, One of our engineering students, Jonnathan, designed a prototype rocket fin in Creo.\u00a0 We loaded this object into the 3D printer\u2019s \u201cMakerware\u201d software and will print it this afternoon.\u00a0 Having a physical object in-hand now means they can visually inspect its properties, making first-time rocket launches more likely to be successful. Dusty is working on repairing a standing floor fan for E-Wing.\u00a0 The plastic coupler broke that connects the curled metal pipe that sits on the floor and the vertical pipe below the fan itself.\u00a0 As you can see, he is making good progress on it.\u00a0 If the printed part breaks later, we<a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/2014\/06\/06\/fans-and-rocket-fins\/\">Read More &rarr;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1250,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10004],"tags":[],"class_list":["entry","author-tjh1-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-3","post-390","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-articles"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1250"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=390"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":402,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/390\/revisions\/402"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.uakron.edu\/waynec3\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}