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Mems 411: Lost Grains Thresher, Alicia Gupte, Sophie Fox, Dan Heikes, Andrew Waldherr
Mems 411: Lost Grains Thresher, Alicia Gupte, Sophie Fox, Dan Heikes, Andrew Waldherr
Mechanical Engineering Design Project Class
The Lost Grains Thresher project aims to design and implement a device that can successfully separate the seed and chaff from various grains that are native to the greater St. Louis area. This project is designed for Dr. Natalie Mueller at Washington University in St. Louis to replace her current method of separating plant seeds from chaff by hand. This project focused on three main performance goals: 1) the device should work on a minimum of two types of seeds and thresh them to an acceptable quality, 2) the device should be easily cleaned and reset within three minutes, and …