156B Week 5

Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.

• • new carver deliverd

  • new nozzle prototype being tested

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• • New carver came and modification began

    • blade is being welded to the ryobi

  • nozzle prototype printed for testing

Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

• • design housing to couple nozzle and carver (Ivan, Siu-Lim)

  • modify the carver with the new stationary blade (Ricky)

  • Test and modify nozzle (Jacob)

  • Report writing (Riley)

Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • N/A (sponsor could not make it last week)

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments  (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • Welding the blade causes stress long term. Look into creating a blade that just fits into the carver instead (1/30)

    • Tom was consulted and we decided to weld the blade. It is easier to manufacture for prototyping and our use isn't impactful enough to make a weld break.

  • Decide which design to move forward with 

    • We are looking at moving forward with Ricky's design and integrating Ivan's blade guide into the final design (1/30)

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

• • nozzle may be too large to have adequate suction power for the greens

    • additionally, it may take a large amount of suction to get the greens into the hose since the nozzle is so large, and that large suction could harm greens once they are inside the hose. Testing is being done

Resources or Information Required but not Available

• • We need additional microgreens for testing but could not get any since our Sponsor was gone for the week

Schedule

• • Design for the housing should be done by the end of the week

  • What kinds of adjustments the nozzle needs should be known by the end of the week

  • prototype carver should be done by the end of the week

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

• • $0 spent

  • $4,658.53 Remaining

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • Impact on society/standards has been completed for the report

  • Webpage has been filled out 

    • team page still needs a bit more info

    • link to exectuive summary does not work since we have no executive summary yet

    • Final design page isn't complete