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Over the course of ten weeks, multiple concepts, tests, charts, and much more media was created. Media from the span of those weeks have been gathered and separated for each week as can be seen below.
Week Ten
Week Ten
Final TCU prototype
New Test Rig Designed due to failure of initial prototype
All circuits and code prepared for testing
Results of heating ramp up tests with larger RTDs
Week Nine
Week Nine
RTDs were epoxied onto the heater block
Chassis was fully assembled with all wiring and components
TCU is attached to the testing rig
Week Eight
Week Eight
Fully Assembled Test Rig
Ordered and received Epoxy and cured onto heating mounting block
Assembled newest version of Chassis
Cut out new aluminum mounting block
Machined new aluminum mounting block
Ordered and received Epoxy and cured onto heating mounting block
TCU design finalized
Week Seven
Week Seven
Test Rig Redesigned and parts were created for assembly
New Chassis designed and laser cut
Week Six
Week Six
New Copper block machined for RTDs to be attached to through epoxy
More heating on the fully assembled test rig was done
New Fan purchased and testedÂ
New chassis designed and assembled
Week Five
Week Five
The concept that utilizes a copper heating block, a sheet metal chassis, and RTDs mounted onto the side of the block was machined and assembled
A testing rig concept was created for thermal unit testing
Week Four
Week Four
Another concept was created for the thermal unit
Heating test performed on Ansys
Copper heater block with slot for temperature sensor RTD
Aluminum heater block with all RTDs mounted onto the side of block
Copper heater block with all RTDs mounted onto the side of the block
Week Three
Week Three
Initial thermal unit concept using RTDs and internal temperature sensor slot
Concepts were created that implemented RTDs instead of the ceramic heating plate
Concept using RTDs and a sheet metal chassis with internal temperature sensor slot
Cooling Test Rig using aluminum heat sink and fan to run cooling tests
Week Two
Week Two
Initial Concepts for the the chassis as well as the heating block was created. This concept utilized the ceramic heating plate as its main heating source
Week One
Week One
Heating tests were continued into the start of the quarter using ceramic plates and RTDs
Before the Start of the Quarter
Before the Start of the Quarter
Before the quarter started, a lot of tests were done which required heating components, multiple testing rigs, and circuits
Heater Cartridge Circuit (Left) and RTD circuit (Right)
Test setup for ceramic heating plate
RTD test setup and test results
RTD (Top)
Ceramic Heater (Bottom)
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