11/26 - 12/02

Progress:

This week's progress began with the completion of CAD drawings for both the motor case and shaft. We have two design of the motor case, a case that goes over the original motor case, and an alternate design of a case that goes over the motor itself. Then, the CAD drawings were sent to the MEP for 3D printing. The small scale version of the prototypes were then used for presentation during the third presentation. We also presented our last presentation last Wednesday, 11/28.

Several future tasks that we have to complete are seeking professional help from machine shops for manufacturing our full scale version of the prototypes. Our aim is to manufacture the prototype before the spring semester starts. Also, we looked into materials that might be suitable for manufacturing. We searched into MetalsDepot and found that the aluminum stocks for both the motor case and shaft will roughly cost around $400. The types of aluminum stock that are going to be use are the Aluminum 2024-T351 and Aluminum 6061-T6511.