NEWSLETTER JANUARY | PSEM
GREEN LETTER
Vol 13
ASSEMBLING JIG Some of this month’s SolidEdge development was centered around the alignment JIG’s design. The goal was to achieve a prototype without any spacing and as aligned as possible with the car’s bulkheads. This JIG will assure the bulkheads are placed perfectl y inside the monocoque as projected in the CAD design, as well as two spacers that primarily achieve the allignment of the bulkheads and the monocoque.
COORDINATOR’S REMARKS This month we present you a very important initiative, Unistarter. This
Its bottom part is made from
initiative will provide some of the
polystyrene and modeled to take
necessary funding for our activities
the shape of the car.
to achieve our goals season after season. In addition, we explain
The entirety of the JIG’s design was made in SolidEdge, a task made easier due to the intuitive
how we are going to achieve the objectives we set for the GP19, mainly how to eliminate the looseness in some of the steering components
and simple graphic interface the
and the alignment issues in the
program offers.
monocoque.
OUR SPONSORS UNISTARTER This newsl etter we introduce U n i s ta r ter,
a
c rowd f und i n g
campaign for academic projects. By bringing together academic groups with companies willing to
pit stops for the car and testing
invest, it is able to straighten the ties
and practice locations. Besides this,
with professional and commercial
the team also visits several of its
contacts.
partners in England.
In addition to this, most of PSEM’s PSEM’s main goal is to get funds
members will not travel to England in
for the trip to the qualifiers and
the qualifiers and as such they help
the final race in Silverstone. The
the team in real-time from Portugal,
final goal is five thousand (5000)
by correcting possible problems that occur with the car while in
euros and anyone could help the
England.
project directly according to the Everyone can contribute and help
contribution tiers.
PSEM via Unistarter by accessing The logistics behind a trip to
the link: h tt p s : //un i s ta r ter.e u /p ro d u c t /
the United Kingdom are mainly
greenpower-competicao-de-carros-
focused
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MORE NEWS GP19 PROGRESS PSEM is currently in the final stages of the development of the GP19 prototype, having finished the monocoque and its bulkheads for the last two months, both made from carbon fibre. As far as the car’s systems are concerned, the team has focused on
ACADEMY MEETS AUTO INDUSTRY
improving and adapting the design of the steering system developed
On the 16th and 17th of May, Instituto
last year for the GP17.EVO. Although
Superior Técnico welcomes the
the team struggled with the new
Academia meets Auto-Industry
steering system due to some
conference.
changes made to it, so far there has been notable improvements in the system.
The conference will allow its participants to explore the modernday challenges of the automobile industry, such as the growing
The colaboration between the
electrification of the propulsion
different departments of the team
systems, incorporation of driving-
was pivotal to the improvement of
assistant tecnologies, as well as, the
some systems. Na evidence of this,
future of manufacturing.
is the cooperation between the electronics department and the transmission department. These
One of the many speakers is João Queiroz, from the Siemens i-Experience Center 4.0 manager.
two have been working together to
Siemens is our first and main
obtain the new gear ratios for the
sponsor, the main reason of PSEM’s
transmission.
creation.
GETTING TO KNOW THE TEAM This month we get to know Miguel Pinto, Mech anical Engineering student and PSEM’s vice-president, who started in the mechanical design departmente in the second semester of 2016/2017. He decided to join an extracurricular project in order to complement his studies in Mechanical Engineering, applying
MIGUEL PINTO The skills and knowledge of the
theoretical tools in a real project. recruits should be improved to make He believes that his position of vice-
sure that PSEM’s future is bright.
president is really important in what comes to responsability, because he has to able solve problems on demand and come up with innovative solutions for them. He feels that he
About his own future, Miguel admits that he would like to work in the
should motivate and organize the team.
production area. Thanks to PSEM and to the contact with companies
When questioned about the current PSEM team, he mentioned that this year existed an higher student
he managed to get experience and sense of reality in what comes to
enrollment, which shows the great visibility of this project in IST.
machining and manufacturing.
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