As an overarching, semester-long project in my Design of Mechanical Components course, we were given a project by the company Sensata Technologies. They required a pallet to be designed to hold weight sensors as they are calibrated. These pallets had to be eight inches long, three inches or less in width, hold eight sensors in place with under a 200 lb instron-applied load, while being as light and inexpensive as possible. To create the pallet:

1. Create a design with the optimal shape, material choice, and machining plan to meet all of Sensata’s design criteriae while being as light and cheap to produce as possible.