Objective: Create an inlet for a mass spectrometer with heat control and 3-axis movement.

Skills Used:

• Design for manufacturability - able to be constructed in in-house production line

• 3-axis CNC - automating with Mastercam

• Glass bead blasting for polish finish

• Handling high voltage applications

• Creating SOP for production line

• Heat transfer principles, before taking heat transfer class

Personal Objective: Make design intuitive to use and aesthetically pleasing.

Design Constraints:

• Ability to be used with the two most common mass spectrometers: Thermo Fisher and AB Sciex

• Maintain temperature at base plate to less than 40 degrees Celsius

• Manufacturable in available production line

Design Process:

• Designed system based on initial heat transfer research

• Tested insulator effectiveness

• Machined using 3-axis CNC mill

Final Solution:

• 6061 Aluminum base plate; 9.2 mm thickness PTFE insulator

• 3-axis micrometer-positioning linear actuator

• Creation of SOP with low-volume production implementation