Design and fabrication of a mechanical tarp system

This project undertakes the design and fabrication of a new headboard for mechanical tarp systems for flatbed trailers. At present, there are a number of problems including on-time supply of headboards, shipping, waste scrap, and health and safety of drivers. With this project a new design will be proposed and then fabricated using the computer aided design (CAD) systems. And safety analysis will be performed using the finite element analysis technique. Materials selection will be done according to required properties by taking consideration of cost. A manufacturing process will be proposed for the fabrication of headboard on the principle of reducing waste and providing a valued product to the end customers. Life cycle cost analysis will provide an indication of costs associated and profit margins over the coming years. This will help the organization to reduce their dependency on other manufactures and to provide fast services to their end customers.

Faculty Supervisor:

Robert Fleisig

Student:

Partner:

Discipline:

Engineering

Sector:

Retail trade

University:

McMaster University

Program:

Accelerate