Team 29 - Howmet Aerospace

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At Howmet Aerospace's LaPorte, Indiana facility, a ZEISS ScanBox is used to inspect manufactured parts for defects. The ScanBox, which has been donated to Purdue by Howmet, is an industrial 3D scanner that creates a digital twin of the manufactured part and compares it to its nominal counterpart. Team 29 has been tasked with the following: 
1. Design a fixture to hold the Howmet part that optimizes the quality of the scan while keeping part-to-part scan time below 50 minutes. 
2. Using the ZEISS Inspect software, develop a scanning path and script that minimizes the amount of interaction needed from the ScanBox operator, while producing a go or no-go report.
3. Create a processing algorithm or function in external data manipulation software (e.g. Excel, PowerBI, etc.) that the engineers can use to debug areas of defect on parts.  
 

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Problem Statement

Team 29 is automating the scanning and inspection process of parts manufactured by Howmet Aerospace using a ZEISS ScanBox.

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At Howmet Aerospace's LaPorte, Indiana facility, a ZEISS ScanBox is used to inspect manufactured parts for defects. The ScanBox, which has been donated to Purdue by Howmet, is an industrial 3D scanner that creates a digital twin of the manufactured part and compares it to its nominal counterpart. Team 29 has been tasked with the following: 
1. Design a fixture to hold the Howmet part that optimizes the quality of the scan while keeping part-to-part scan time below 50 minutes. 
2. Using the ZEISS Inspect software, develop a scanning path and script that minimizes the amount of interaction needed from the ScanBox operator, while producing a go or no-go report.
3. Create a processing algorithm or function in external data manipulation software (e.g. Excel, PowerBI, etc.) that the engineers can use to debug areas of defect on parts.  
 

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Spring 2024

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Team 29 is automating the scanning and inspection process of parts manufactured by Howmet Aerospace using a ZEISS ScanBox.

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SOET

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Project Sponsor Website: 

https://www.howmet.com/

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howmet

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Team Contact: 

nasadow@purdue.edu