This week we worked on manufacturing parts for our MCM (most critical module) and refining our design so it can be more easily manufactured with the tools we have. Here are some photos of what we've finished manufacturing so far.
LOWER SWEEPER ARM (side and front view):
UPPER SWEEPER ARM(side view):
PLATE ATTACHED TO THE LOWER ARM TO INCREASE AREA (front view):
TO DATE MANUFACTURED MCM (front view):
Feel free to check back to Ren's post last week to check on our progress manufacturing thus far.
Besides manufacturing, we also worked on designing how our motor is going to move the MCM. Here is CAD we developed to show the basic idea. The clear plastic is a flexible tubing used to connect shafts of different diameters and to adjust for small amounts of misalignment between our shafts. This tubing connects the motor output shaft to the shaft with the pinion attached. By driving the shaft with the pinion we can move the pinion along a rack, thus moving the MCM. Please note: The platform that the motor is sitting on is the same platform that was located on the top of the MCM solid model last week.
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