Jared TaylorProduct Development Intern

Manager: Jon Bornfleth

Center Console Veneer Tray - Mentors: Jon Bornfleth and Chris Pearson

- Primary Customer: Leo Schurhaus

- Objective: Attach veneer to an aluminum tray in

such a way that appears as wood and not a vinyl

print.

- Learning Opportunity: Discovered that the wood

veneer became too small after cleaning up the

edges along the center inlay.

- Solution: Changed the width of center inlay to

compensate for the limited template width.

Main Projects

Mobile Tool Cart- Mentors: Jon Bornfleth and Jeff Price

- Primary Customer: Luke Knight at McCalla plant

- Objective: Provide McCalla Plant tool change

team a secure, mobile unit to store tools and

equipment and transport throughout plant

- Learning Opportunity: Develop a process to

easily and inexpensively modify purchase steel

cabinets to incorporate castor wheels, steel base,

and a handle to allow for easy shop access

- Solution: Found a kit that had all castors and

parts we need for a fraction of what we would

spend on custom modifications.

Floor Console Door - Mentor: Jon Bornfleth / Jeff Price

- Primary Customer: Rick Anderson

- Objective: Create a prototype floor console retracting

door for BMW concept model

- Learning Opportunity: Had problems with centering

pegs being too flexible and return mechanism being

inconsistent in speed and tension

- Solution: Added braces where necessary and used

light greasing and sanding to smooth out movement

May June July August

Internship Start

Misc. Engineering Projects

Veneer tray

Mobile Tool Cart

Floor Console Door

Internship End

What I learned

Timeline

- Learned how to prepare and finish veneer

- Detail is everything, but perfection isn't always necessary

- Learned a lot about adhesives and how they affect different

materials

- CAD programs have their place, but sometimes pen and

paper is the quickest solution

- Not everything goes as planned

- Double sided tape is very useful when machining or

sanding parts

- Don't reinvent the wheel. Use what's available

- "Bench engineering" is a great way to solve various

problems that arise

- Mistakes will be made, so it's how you fix them that counts

Center Console Veneer Tray- Showcased in the ID16 Demonstrator and will be debuted at the IAA show in September

Mobile Tool Cart- Provides functional solution to a Kaizenopportunity that was identified to help reduce tool changeover times

Floor Console Door- Building on the company’s future with new innovations and ideas

What’s the Impact?

Bio

- Attends Northeast Wisconsin Technical College

- Second year student in Prototype and Design program

- Hobbies include mountain biking, small engine repair, electronics, and 3D printing

DIY 3D printer

Goals

- Attend Michigan Tech majoring in mechanical engineering; minor in electrical engineering

- Take classes on programming in html, C++, and java (for personal interests)

- Learn about different properties of materials and their best applications (foams and plastics)