Spring 2016
During my Spring 2016 semester, I had the opportunity to work at Setco's repair facility in Novi, Michigan. My main task was helping improve Setco's ISO documentation which primarily came in the form of drafting standard work instructions for commonly repaired spindles. In addition, I was able to shadow the internal and external ISO auditors and created a number of quality insurance forms. Although not as engineering intensive, these tasks proved valuable in helping me gain a deeper understanding and appreciation of the spindle as a product.
An interesting topic that I was exposed to during my coop experience in Novi was pre-balancing shafts prior to full assembly in order to remove initial unbalance from a spindle. This was a new topic that I had not considered during my first rotation and helped provide me a more complete understanding of how products that Setco designs actually are assembled. On the non-technical side, the nature of my job required me to interact efficiently with almost every employee at the Novi facility. I found that my openness to others' inputs allowed this to be an extremely productive semester in terms of documentation completed and relationships formed.
An interesting topic that I was exposed to during my coop experience in Novi was pre-balancing shafts prior to full assembly in order to remove initial unbalance from a spindle. This was a new topic that I had not considered during my first rotation and helped provide me a more complete understanding of how products that Setco designs actually are assembled. On the non-technical side, the nature of my job required me to interact efficiently with almost every employee at the Novi facility. I found that my openness to others' inputs allowed this to be an extremely productive semester in terms of documentation completed and relationships formed.