Program in Integrated, Sustainable Manufacturing Summary of Past Products Dilatometer In Spring 2000, the class started engineering development of a dilatometer to be manufactured and sold during the 2000-2001 academic year. This dilatometer will be a portable unit designed primarily for classroom demonstrations. It uses an electrically heated AISI 1080 steel wire to demonstrate both the length and property changes that can occur in a metal during heat treatment. Separate student teams are designing the electrical heating system, the quenching and length monitoring systems, the configuration of the overall unit and the test plan required to demonstrate acceptable performance.
Students work on designing a working prototype of a dilatometer in their lab.