Award for Outstanding Project Work
The culmination of my four-year degree course was a research project, the main deliverable for which was a written project report. A synopsis of the document I authored is presented in following paragraph:
“The report details an investigation conducted to establish why some generator rotor shaft forgings which are machined at GEC ALSTHOM proved difficult to machine, while other are not, and what can be done to overcome the problem. The forgings are made from a nickel-chromium-molybdenum-vanadium steel, and the precise chemical composition of the generator rotor shaft for each contract is different. The main thrust of the analysis in this report is directed at the chemical composition of the rotor and its mechanical properties, and the effect that this will have on machinability. Complementary to the primary analysis, consideration is made of the steel making, forging and subsequent heat treatment of the rotor shaft.”
Acknowledgement of Success
I was unable to attend the awards ceremony (on Camp America), but acquired the programme of events.