WEEK 11/23 - 11/30

This week the group worked on:

• Presentation #3
• BOM
• Rough Draft of Final Report for the semester
• 3D printing parts

 

Week 11/9 to 11/16

We have emailed Dr. Youseffi to see if we can use his 3d printer. We are awaiting his response

Week 11/2-11/9

3D printing is in progress all throughout this week. It will just be refining the settings to get it printed as best as possible. Refer to individual blogs for more detail

Week 10/26-11/2

No significant progress has been made as a team this week. Please refer to the individual blogs of the team members for specific progress in the project.

PRESENTATION 2

Week 10/19 - 10/26

The team is nearing on finalizing the designs for 3d printing. Analysis is being done to see whether or not 3D printed parts can be a realistic alternative aluminum parts. 3D printing is faster compared to milling the parts, and in addition they can be done within the shop. Analysis shows that the 3d parts are as accurate as the milled aluminum parts. The only issue is the resolution of the holes on the parts. Tapping holes into 3D printed parts still need to be tested but if we overcome this aspect, it may be a good idea to move the final design for 3D printing. The team also prepared our presentations to show our progress in the project.

WEEK 10/5 - 10/12

Last week during class we weren't able to have a lot of things done because of presentations. However, we were still able to talk to the Vehicle Position Sensing Team on exactly what they wanted to place on the bogie and what they wanted us to change. They will be testing the new hall sensor that they want to use and depending on the results we would have to adjust the placement of the other sensors. They also suggested that we cut a small part of the current hall sensor mounted on the bogie so that the new sensors don't interfere with the new ones. We also started doing some research on the sensors to better understand the placement of the sensors.

Edit (Ernest): In addition we want to have a meeting with the Track Improvement Team, Positioning Team, and Controls Team because it seems that the two sensor that positioning and controls team are using may interfere with each other due to placement. This is very crucial to the whole design of the bogie as well as the track and we need to accurately get this thing in order.