1. Fifth Wheel Test Machine Project PSU Group Members: Jonathan Eckart Rob Grace Chris Bozarth Wayne Farley Academic advisor: Dr. Faryar Etesami

2. Fifth Wheel Test Machine Project Industry Sponsor : CONMET: Phillip Cullinan Frank Severini Industry Partner : Industrial Machine Services: Jim Fetters

3. Preview Introduction Design Requirements Design Selection Design Evaluation Photos and Video SIMPLEX 400 ® SOLID MOUNT FRAME SLIDING MOUNT

4. Introduction Who is Conmet? What does Conmet do? What does Conmet want?

5. Introduction What is a fifth wheel? Fifth wheel

6. Introduction What is a kingpin?

7. Introduction What is “Trailer loading”?

8. Design Requirements Stand alone design Deliver 300,000 lbs force Vertically adjustable Horizontally adjustable Acquire force data Acquire displacement data Area requirements: <100 square feet Height requirements: <15 feet Easy to operate (no more than 2 people) Time: Operational by June 2, 2004 300000 lbs SLIDING MOUNT SOLID MOUNT FRAME

9. Design Selection

13. Design Selection – Hydraulic System

14. Design Selection – Electrical System

15. Design Evaluation

16. FEA Results - Stress

17. Reinforced Arm Design

18. FEA Results - Stress

19. Photos and Video Pictures Virtual Motion Breaking the Fifth Wheel Video

20. Pictures of Fixture

23. Videos Virtual Motion Breakage Video

24. More Pictures

27. Questions?