Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
Preliminary designs are finished
Analyze parts and components
Ordering parts
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Ordered Parts except motors
Got computer from sponsor
Went to CES workshop
Collected previous year’s CAD files
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Build secondary painting table for sponsor (Team or anyone with extra time)
Cad and fabricate washing station (Greg)
Cad and fabricate new carriage (Kent/Jay)
download AceConverter, Mach3, and CutViewer and convert a simple one layer DXF with the programs as-is. (Jon/Eric)
Rough draft of background, requirements and deliverables (Eric)
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Had questions regarding the cost effectiveness of the belt drive and lead screw combination. After looking at material costs, we found that the current design was most cost effective.
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Risk reduction on how long the ink last on different brushes. Addressing this following week with time and distance measurements.
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
No special comments.
Risks and Areas of Concerns
· Programming: Learning curve for understanding g-code. Hopefully we will be able to implement the programs AceConverter and Mach3 in the WindowsOS as is, and make sure it works.
· Carriage: We need enough motor drivers and still be able to move the carriage along the x-y plane with all the new design
· Be able to dip and remove paint effectively without creating that huge of a mess.
· Knowing how long we can have the brushes paint before it loses the desired opacity.
Resources or Information Required but not Available
We need to know if we will be able to use the same motors with the Linux machine system. They may require a minimum voltage that is higher than the motors used in the original drawing table.
Schedule
Build as much of new table as we can without the parts on order
Convert DXF to DMC and run a simulation on the computer using CutViewer
Update Gantt chart.
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
$692.62 = duplicate table w/o motors, gears, and timing belts
Progress on Report and Webpage
Individual Analysis completed and uploaded on website