1. Jared Taylor
Product Development Intern
Manager: Jon Bornfleth
Center Console Veneer Tray
- Mentors: Jon Bornfleth and Chris Pearson
- Primary Customer: Leo Schurhaus
- Objective: Attach veneer to an aluminum tray in
such a way that appears as wood and not a vinyl
print.
- Learning Opportunity: Discovered that the wood
veneer became too small after cleaning up the
edges along the center inlay.
- Solution: Changed the width of center inlay to
compensate for the limited template width.
Main Projects
Mobile Tool Cart
- Mentors: Jon Bornfleth and Jeff Price
- Primary Customer: Luke Knight at McCalla plant
- Objective: Provide McCalla Plant tool change
team a secure, mobile unit to store tools and
equipment and transport throughout plant
- Learning Opportunity: Develop a process to
easily and inexpensively modify purchase steel
cabinets to incorporate castor wheels, steel base,
and a handle to allow for easy shop access
- Solution: Found a kit that had all castors and
parts we need for a fraction of what we would
spend on custom modifications.
Floor Console Door
- Mentor: Jon Bornfleth / Jeff Price
- Primary Customer: Rick Anderson
- Objective: Create a prototype floor console retracting
door for BMW concept model
- Learning Opportunity: Had problems with centering
pegs being too flexible and return mechanism being
inconsistent in speed and tension
- Solution: Added braces where necessary and used
light greasing and sanding to smooth out movement
May June July August
Internship Start
Misc. Engineering Projects
Veneer tray
Mobile Tool Cart
Floor Console Door
Internship End
What I learned
Timeline
- Learned how to prepare and finish veneer
- Detail is everything, but perfection isn't always necessary
- Learned a lot about adhesives and how they affect different
materials
- CAD programs have their place, but sometimes pen and
paper is the quickest solution
- Not everything goes as planned
- Double sided tape is very useful when machining or
sanding parts
- Don't reinvent the wheel. Use what's available
- "Bench engineering" is a great way to solve various
problems that arise
- Mistakes will be made, so it's how you fix them that counts
Center Console Veneer Tray
- Showcased in the ID16 Demonstrator and
will be debuted at the IAA show in September
Mobile Tool Cart
- Provides functional solution to a Kaizen
opportunity that was identified to help reduce
tool changeover times
Floor Console Door
- Building on the company’s future with new
innovations and ideas
What’s the Impact?
Bio
- Attends Northeast Wisconsin Technical
College
- Second year student in Prototype and
Design program
- Hobbies include mountain biking, small
engine repair, electronics, and 3D
printing
DIY 3D printer
Goals
- Attend Michigan Tech majoring in
mechanical engineering; minor in electrical
engineering
- Take classes on programming in html, C++,
and java (for personal interests)
- Learn about different properties of
materials and their best applications
(foams and plastics)