The Durban University of Technology (DUT) and Tianjin Vocational Institute (TVI) team recently won a gold medal at the World Vocational Skills Competition which was held over two days in China (on-site) and online. The gold medal was in recognition of their outstanding performance in designing a manual cooling fan.

“The main purpose was to work together to design a Manual Cooling Fan that you can use with one hand. The test for optimal function was to blow out an alcohol lamp at a distance of 10cm. For this to happen a 3D printer had to be built from scratch by the TVI students, followed by 3D printing of the  Fan CAD model using the assembled printer. The structure of the fan blades of the manual cooling fan had to be designed as well as the gears and power source of the fan,” explained Dr Moutlana.

“It demonstrates that with hard work and confidence we as students can work or function at a world stage. It also means that the team has competitive edge and also indicated that we are not the only students who are interested in solving world problems. The highlight of the competition was the difficulty of finding the right idea and eventually getting through with it in time,” added Moditambi.

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https://www.dut.ac.za/dut-tvi-wins-gold-at-the-world-vocational-skills-competition/