PTC to host manufacturing summer camp, Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs!

Pine Technical College will host the Nuts, Bolts & Thingamajigs® Advanced Manufacturing Summer Camp next week for high school students who have completed grades 9–11. Designed to help inspire the next generation of inventors, engineers, entrepreneurs and manufacturers, the camp is a technical, hands-on experience to introduce students to 21st-century manufacturing technology and basic entrepreneurial skills.

During the camp, there will be daily team Robotic Challenges, like maneuvering the robotic arm through an obstacle course and writing a letter with the robot. Projects will include machining parts for a paperweight/pen holder and assembling it in a robotic cell; making a keychain, a box with hinges, and a bottle via plastic injection molding and blow molding; producing a personalized medallion with a CNC router; laser engraving a carabiner; and, creating a design in CAD SolidWorks to print in 3D on a plastic disk. Lead Instructor Dave Carroll, an automation and robotics expert, is an inventor and entrepreneur who holds many patents and has built several businesses.

Just the basics about the camp...
WHO: High School Students who've completed grades 9–11
WHAT: Advanced Manufacturing Camp, with an entrepreneurial focus.
Participants will explore product design and creation, utilizing
• Entrepreneurship
• Computer Aided Design (CAD)
• Computer Numerical Control (CNC) Programming / Machining
• Automation and Robotics
• Plastic Injection and Blow Molding
• Visits to Area Manufacturers
WHEN: Monday – Friday, June 13 – 17, 2011, 8:30 am to 4:30 pm each day
WHERE: Pine Technical College in Pine City, Minnesota
COST: $60.
• includes T-shirt, daily lunch, all instruction and materials, and field trip transportation)

One college credit will be awarded to all campers successfully completing the camp. Scholarships are available for those with a demonstrated need to help cover registration and transportation to and from the camp. For more information, click here, or contact Marlene Mixa with questions, mixam@pinetech.edu or 320-629-4557.