MS 6

Nov. 1 - Nov. 5

These past few days have been dedicated to MS6, engineering for our most critical module (MCM). We met with Davor this week to try to finalize what our MCM would look like. He pointed us in the right direction with a curved wedge design. We spent most of the day Thursday throwing around ideas and doing analysis, making sure that this route was the best one to take. We proceeded to create a solid model of our MCM, engineering drawings, a bill of materials, and a manufacturing plan. We met with Davor today, November 5th, to discuss our design. He looked over our drawings and model. Davor told us that we needed to include two more aspects in our engineering of the MCM: how we will mount our arm to our base plate, and nylon inserts in between the inner and outer arms to reduce friction and promote the sliding motion we need. We will add these aspects into our design, finish the solid model for assembly of our whole machine, and start manufacturing our MCM in the coming days.