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Last month Rotor Clip picked 5 finalists for the Ring-A-Majig contest. On May 1st, after presenting their inventions, the winners were announced.
Three teams from East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, were crowned the winners of the 2016 Rotor Clip "Ring-A-Majig" contest, which challenged students pursuing technical courses of study to use retaining rings in original product designs. The contest was held in affiliation with ATMAE, the Association of Technology, Management and Applied Engineering.
The winners were as follows:
•First Place, East Carolina University-M1A2 Abrams Tank Tin Toy (Team members , James Powell, Joshua Adams, Josh Katsikis, Owais Siddiqui)
•Second Place, East Carolina University-Robot Torsen Differential (Team members, Andrew DiMeglio, Joshua Stevens, Connor Jones)
•Third Place--East Carolina University-Line Beam Engine (Team members, Jonathan Camden, Lawson Hawkins, Brian Pridgen.(Professor Ranjeet Agarawala served as advisor for all three ECU teams).
The "Ring-A-Majig" contest challenged students to create product designs incorporating at least 10 retaining rings as fasteners in the way each was intended to be used. They were given a choice of 24 standard, tapered inch types displayed on the Rotor Clip web site. There were five required retaining rings that featured special characteristics like reducing vibration and gripping a shaft/bore without a groove.
Through its affiliation with ATMAE, Rotor Clip’s goal is to support education in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) through programs that expose students to "real world" situations and encourage them to pursue careers in manufacturing.
