Students in several of Kishwaukee College Career Technologies programs collaborated to create an end-loader bucket this spring.
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MALTA — Students in several of Kishwaukee College Career Technologies programs collaborated to create an end-loader bucket this spring.
Dave Gommel, Coordinator of Maintenance Services at the College, wanted to duplicate a specific end-loader bucket design and asked the Career Tech division if the students could re-create it. Gommel supplied the materials and the students gained real-life experience in design and manufacturing collaboration.
Students in Computer-Assisted Design (CAD) 153/253 Advanced CAD/Mechanical Design took measurements of the original end-loader. The students divided up the design components to give each student an opportunity to participate and also to learn to collaborate in the design process, a skill that they will need when they enter the workforce. Participating CAD students were Max Garcia, Genoa; Patrick Stevens, Rochelle; Jacob Felz, DeKalb; Kevin Wolfe, Crystal Lake; and Mike Walsh, Genoa.