manufacturing

event overview

The manufacturing competition is designed to both encourage and reward the study of production technology as it relates to manufacturing. Teams must design, document, fabricate and implement a continuous manufacturing system to produce an assigned product using only the tools on the official list. Evaluation is based on team performance, safety, craftsmanship of tooling design, documentation of design efforts, and quality of the product. Tooling is defined as jigs, fixtures and gauges produced or modified by the manufacturing teams.

It should be noted that part of the competition involves a certain degree of problem solving skills, especially when creating tooling. Teams are encouraged to be creative in the fabrication of the tooling to optimize both speed and repeatability. Exploiting the creativity of each school will allow the products as well as the tooling to increase in quality. The use of CNC equipment, lasers and automated systems should be encouraged if the schools have access to such equipment. Partnering with a company with such equipment is also recommended, however, utilizing the equipment should be a learning experience for the students. Selection and use of materials, equipment or external partnerships should be well documented and defended during a presentation.

team composition

Team members must be student members of ITEEA and members of an affiliated TEECA college or university. Documentation of membership is required in order to compete. Teams must have at least three, but not more than six members. Each team is allowed one graduate student to participate in the competition. Teams must have at least 3 team members registered/present at the conference, and the team may consist of additional members who do not attend the conference.

sponsor

Sponsorship Available. Contact Trevor Robinson, National TEECA Advisor, for more information.