BSc: Graduation Assignment Mechanical Engineering - Design of a fast multi-way paper switch

Canon Production Printing; Venlo; On-site; EUR 5,077 - 6,082; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Compensation of €500 per month

Travel cost compensation

Networking opportunities

Job summary

Canon Production Printing based in Venlo is offering a graduation assignment for BSc students in Mechanical Engineering. This role focuses on designing a fast multi-way paper switch essential for high-speed printing systems.

The assignment involves understanding system requirements, proposing concepts, and testing the built device. Interns will receive guidance, a monthly compensation of €500, and opportunities to network across diverse disciplines.

Qualifications

• You are a BSc student in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline.
• You enjoy combining system thinking with detailed mechanical design.
• You have experience with Nx and manufacturing techniques.

Responsibilities

• Develop concepts for a fast multi-way paper switch.
• Combine theoretical knowledge of mechanics with practical implementation.
• Test the device after building it.

Skills

Affinity with precision mechanics

System thinking

Experience with Nx

Education

BSc in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline

Tools

Manufacturing techniques

Job description

Are you a BSc student in Mechanical Engineering with an interest in precision mechanics, dynamics and construction principles? Do you want to work on a challenging motion system in which accuracy, speed, stiffness and cost price all come together? We are looking for you!

This graduation assignment in Mechanical Engineering focuses on the design of a fast multi-way paper switch.

Your assignment

In high-end productive sheetfed printing systems, paper sheets are transported at high speeds throughout the system. To enable functionalities like backside printing, proofing of quality control sheets and diverting misprinted sheets, sheets can follow different trajectories in the printing system. This requires a device that can reliably and quickly switch between those trajectories.

Currently, a fast-switching device is developed that can switch between two destination paths. The goal of this assignment is to further develop this technology to enable switching between more than two destinations in one device, allowing for a more compact engine layout with more options. This introduces challenging requirements in terms of cost price, space and actuation mechanism.

The assignment starts with gaining insight into the system requirements and the rationale behind the current implementation. Based on this understanding, you will propose concepts for the multi-way switch. After selecting the most promising concept, the device will be elaborated, built and tested. The project combines theoretical knowledge of mechanics, system dynamics and actuation with the practical aspects of implementation, construction and testing.

Your profile

• You are a BSc student in Mechanical Engineering or a related discipline
• You have affinity with precision mechanics, dynamics and motion systems
• You enjoy combining system thinking with detailed mechanical design and practical implementation
• You have experience with Nx and manufacturing techniques

What’s in it for you?

• A challenging assignment with skilled coaching
• Internship/Graduation compensation of €500 per month
• Travel cost compensation if you don’t have an OV-weekcard
• The possibility to network with professionals inside and outside your field of expertise, thanks to our diversity of disciplines which you will work with