Sterling Engine Fan
In ME 355 we built a Sterling Engine powered fan from scratch. It was a great experience to learn more about the various pieces of machinery in the Mechanical Engineering machine shop, and to build something that eventually worked. We broke into teams of two and focused on only a few parts. My parter was my brother Aaron, and we worked on the legs and fan blades of the assembly.
The class allowed for extra credit if you re-designed or improved any of the components, so we designed new legs and fan blades for the project. We designed the legs in Solidworks and used a torch to heat pieces of aluminum up enough to shape them as we wanted. We then got them gold plated for a finishing touch.
We made the fan blades out of carbon fiber on an existing mold, and then finished and painted them to fit the UW purple and gold color theme and still accent the woven carbon fiber fabric.
A video of the final working fan is coming soon.
The class allowed for extra credit if you re-designed or improved any of the components, so we designed new legs and fan blades for the project. We designed the legs in Solidworks and used a torch to heat pieces of aluminum up enough to shape them as we wanted. We then got them gold plated for a finishing touch.
We made the fan blades out of carbon fiber on an existing mold, and then finished and painted them to fit the UW purple and gold color theme and still accent the woven carbon fiber fabric.
A video of the final working fan is coming soon.