Modeling a Centrifugal Compressor Wheel
This lesson is to be used as an in class exercise for students whom are taking a beginning SolidWorks course. Students will be exposed to curved surface modeling techniques along with elements of mechanical design. Furthermore, the product from this lesson can be used in other parts of a Mechanical or Manufacturing Engineering Technology curriculum. For instance, the solid model can be used in a 5-Axis CNC programming class. The compressor wheel solid model can be imported into a Computer Aided Manufacturing (CAM) program and CNC code can be generated. This is just one of the many different ways this lesson can be further integrated into a STEM based curriculum. Contributed by Trian Georgeou, Arizonia.
Lesson Plan: centrifugal_compressor_wheel
Sample Parts: compressor_wheel.SLDPRT