Project number
26505
Organization
Parker Meggitt
Offering
ENGR498-S2026-F2026
Securaplane (a Parker Meggitt business) designs and manufactures aircraft mainship and emergency batteries for leading aerospace OEMs, including Gulfstream, Bombardier, Boeing, Airbus, and Embraer. As part of developing our next generation lithium ion modular mainship battery (LMBx)—a modular, scalable system built using 15 Ah modules—our team identified a critical manufacturing risk: incorrect cell orientation leading to unsafe welding conditions.
Each LMBx module contains 48 cylindrical Li ion cells whose orientation is imperative for safety and performance. This project challenges a multidisciplinary student team to design and prototype a production grade fixture that guarantees correct installation, electrical health verification, and full traceability for every cell.
Requirements
• System shall fixture a 48-cell module.
• System shall connect to and disconnect from each of the 5 lower busbars of a 48-cell module.
• System shall scan (optically or otherwise) each battery to ensure proper pre-determined orientation.
• System shall scan and log barcode and/or serial number of each cell.
• System shall electrically test each cell to ensure voltage is between X.XX - Y.YY VDC.
• System shall use the electrical test as a redundant verification of cell orientation.
• System shall contain a user interface to alert the assembler of any errors, including, incorrect cell orientation and cell voltage out of range.
Each LMBx module contains 48 cylindrical Li ion cells whose orientation is imperative for safety and performance. This project challenges a multidisciplinary student team to design and prototype a production grade fixture that guarantees correct installation, electrical health verification, and full traceability for every cell.
Requirements
• System shall fixture a 48-cell module.
• System shall connect to and disconnect from each of the 5 lower busbars of a 48-cell module.
• System shall scan (optically or otherwise) each battery to ensure proper pre-determined orientation.
• System shall scan and log barcode and/or serial number of each cell.
• System shall electrically test each cell to ensure voltage is between X.XX - Y.YY VDC.
• System shall use the electrical test as a redundant verification of cell orientation.
• System shall contain a user interface to alert the assembler of any errors, including, incorrect cell orientation and cell voltage out of range.