This month, we were joined by Harry for his week’s work experience. Here’s what Harry got up to during his time with the team:

Day one

Today I worked in Production and the Metryx production room, learning how things are done. First, I was shown how to check that everything ordered had arrived and that the quantity of it is right. Then I did some mechanical work on WES001P. Finally, I cut wires to the correct length and then stripped and crimped them with Mariusz in the Metryx production room.

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Day two

Today, I was back with production. I started by checking a few deliveries against the delivery notes to ensure they were the correct components ordered. I then moved from the production room into the Metryx room and helped Josh QC/QA check 4 fan units by checking the wiring for continuity and checking all the clipped in parts were clipped in. We also checked that the screw torque lines were correct and lined up. After all these passed, we wrapped 2 fan units using bubble wrap and Sellotape and boxed the other 2 to ensure safe packaging. I then returned to the production room and wired all the WES001P that I had put together the day before. Finally, I helped Luke package the LIM chargers by bagging all the accessories and boxing them.

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Day three

Today I have been working in the design team with Russell. I have been learning how to use Solid Works 2018 and can now design simple things like a ninja star. I have been listening and working along to tutorials on Solid Professor. Before I came here, I only knew the very basic concepts on SolidWorks but now I can design and evaluate designs. After I learned how to use SolidWorks, I was told I would have a chance to design something which I could 3D print - a ninja star. After I had designed the ninja star, and had the design approved by Russell, he took me to the 3D printing room where we started to print it. As it was getting late in the day, and the print would take 2 hours and 40 minutes, I wasn’t able to collect it until the following day. There were a few problems with the 3D printer initially. The pad which the filament is laid onto didn’t heat up properly meaning the filament wouldn’t stick. We turned the machine fully off and back on again which solved the problem. The filament didn’t seem to stick to the bed the first couple of tries but eventually it did and then ran smoothly from there.

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Day four

Today I inspected my 3D printed ninja star which had printed without fault. I then worked in production for the day where I mainly checked deliveries against their dispatch notes to ensure that they were the correct component and have arrived in the correct quantity. I then did some mechanical work putting Pitchmark fuse boxes together. After that, I booked in all the components which had arrived by checking they’re quantity and order numbers. Once completed, I kitted for the job by putting the specific components in all the boxes ready for hand assembly.

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Day five

On my last day, I worked with Marijan, and we produced a schematic and a circuit. This was a circuit that takes solar energy and transfers it into spinning an uplift (which is a piece of art). The circuit which was already made looked messy and didn’t make the most of the solar energy meaning the uplift wasn’t spinning to the speed it should be. It also didn’t spin as smoothly as expected. We redesigned the circuit on Altium designer so that it worked smoothly and quickly. We printed off the finished designs ready for approval so they can be sent off and the boards printed to enable volume production to start.