Scoop Quick-Attach Hitch
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Mechanical Design · FEA

Scoop Quick-Attach Hitch

Cory Potash Mine · Saskatoon, SK 2023 – 2024 Design Engineer
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Project summary & impacts

Info

A stress-validated quick-attach hitch for underground scoop equipment.

FEA Stress-validated design

Designed a quick-attach hitch for underground scoop equipment, using FEA to validate the connection under load before fabrication.

Scoop quick-attach hitch model
Quick-attach hitch for rapid tool changes on underground scoops.
How I did the project

Software & skills

Software

  • Autodesk Inventor

Technical & soft skills

  • Mechanical Design
  • Finite Element Analysis