W.S.G. Isaac Newton

During my internship at HoSt, I worked on multiple assignments. The main assignment I worked on considered a large construction on which a Finite Element Analysis had to be conducted to check stresses in the construction. This was done by developing and simulating a model with corresponding load cases in SolidWorks. From these results, an Excel tool was developed which, since it is a wear part, helps the operators in determining when the ladders have to be replaced due to fatigue coming into play. Other smaller assignments included determining the volume of a furnace to determine how much time the gas spends in there and calculating the stress in a metal repair strip that was attached to a hanging construction in a heat exchanger. This had to be done to determine if the construction would hold when heated. Lastly, I worked on re-thinking a split construction to try and minimize the amount of welding that has to be done. This assignment eventually resulted in multiple concepts which were drawn. Overall it was a very fun internship with good guidance and enthusiasm from the company.