Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.
Gravity feeder designed, fabricated
Worked well in tests, needs less friction and more adjustments to position
Redesigned gravity feeder, will test after presentation Thursday
Feeder Bowl needs to be tweaked, moved to secondary priority
Conveyor system need fabrication from aluminum
Accomplishments from Previous Week
Accomplished automated parts feeding, albeit not perfected
Improved part handoff to conveyor
Designed and fabricated electronics box, power supply
Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.
Eliminated binding/jamming from conveyor system (Richard/Garrett)
Integrate printer sensor and printhead into conveyor system (Mark/Chris)
Re-fabricate conveyor system from aluminum instead of acrylic
Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Melissa indicated she wanted as few acrylic parts as possible to improve reliability over time
Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
Contact AutoDev to question application engineer on trouble with parts feeding
Printer sensor must be acquired ASAP, still waiting on delivery
Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)
N/A
Risks and Areas of Concern
Printer sensor integration, calibration
Print head alignment
Conveyor jamming/not grabbing parts
Resources or Information Required but not Available
N/A
Schedule
Milestone is to integrate printer and print first tune
Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)
$388.76 spent, $2111.24 remaining.
Progress on Report and Webpage
Report Second draft will be finished by midnight Friday
Webpage is in progress, still updating information and graphics based on project progress