Projects
SIS (Selective Inhibition of Sintering) is a new layer by layer manufacturing method to build 3D parts using powder sintering. In this project our purpose was to build metallic parts by the SIS process. After running experiments and finding the optimal parameters for the process a prototype machine was designed and developed for this purpose. The machine has 3 axis. One axis is for controlling the base of the platform (Z-axis) .The platform contains the metal powder . .The two other axis are for controlling the movement of a dispensing valve which deposits the inhibitor on every layer of metal powder. After printing every layer a heater is used to solidify the printed inhibitor .This project was done under supervision of Prof.Berok Khoshnevis at the rapid prototyping lab located at University of Southern California (USC).
Related links:
Materials Issues in Additive Powder-Based Manufacturing Processes, TMS 2009
International journal of advanced manufacturing systems 2011
Additive Manufacturing of Metals, MS&T 2011
CWC (Concurrent water collection) is a novel method for unloading water from the gas wells. In this method water is unloaded from the gas well by a sequence of stations installed inside the gas well .The stations use the natural pressure of gas and atmosphere to push the water out. In this project a simulator was designed and developed to simulate the process of unloading the gas well. In the next stage a real model was designed and built .This project was done under the supervision of Prof.Berok Khoshnevis for CiSoft (a USC-Chevron Center of Excellence for Research and Academic Training on Interactive Smart Oilfield Technologies).
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