Abstract:
This thesis is regarding the final year project for diploma student in University Kuala
Lumpur Malaysian Institute of Marine Engineering Technology (UnikL-MIMET). The title
is development of magnetic holder for marine grade steel plate welding . The student
needs to design and fabricate a magnetic clamp for welding process. The magnetic clamp
must low in cost of production and doesn’t give damage to the workpiece. It is to overcome
the problem that arise such as the current magnetic clamp are expensive and the other
clamp such as table clamp and portable clamp can give damage to the workpiece. The
student needs to use various fabrication processes in the making of this project. All the
skill had been taught in previous workshop in MIMET. Firstly, the work must be plan well
so the work can be finished in time. A Gantt chart is constructed in order to show the date
and time for the specific work to be done. Moreover, a flow chart is also constructed to
visualize the step-by-step process of making this project. Literature review is done early
to give better understanding about what is magnetic clamp. Then the student makes the
sketches of the magnetic clamp. All the sketches undergo screening process and only 3
that pass the screening. The 3 sketches are then refined before final concept is selected
using scoring process. The final concept is then turned into 3D drawing. The 3D drawings
are generated using computer software. After the detail of the drawing is finished, the
project is fabricated. Starting from the measuring and marking process until the assembly
process is done using the tools and equipment in the workshop. The machine such as
milling machine, lathe machine and drilling machine are used to fabricate this project.
Lastly the project is tested to make sure the magnetic clamp can function well. The project
has work successfully.
