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Automation of Dash Tester Connections

This student team worked to create an automated solution capable of accurately and repeatedly connecting and disconnecting a plate containing multiple cable connectors to the connectors on the rear of an assembled dash to be tested at the production plants. This automation could potentially be used in a plant, along with all of the information (plans, source code, diagrams, et cetera) required for the Manufacturing Support Team to build more and was intended to free up test operators to be able to use their time more efficiently and reduce the amount of time required to test each dash. The intention was to save time and money for the plant and the company as a whole. This was the final part of a larger effort to automate the testing process and will be extremely valuable to the Manufacturing Support Team and the manufacturing plants themselves.

Faculty Adviser(s)

Payman Arabshahi, Associate Professor, UW ECE, Electrical & Computer Engineering

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