This week our team focused on material selection. First we focused on material selection for machined parts and we also determined which parts we want to order. As time and quality are limiting factors in our manufacturing process, we want to allocate our resources accordingly. We will be ordering certain parts we will not be able to manufacture in our given time or that we do not have the expertise to manufacture to the degree of precision we desire.
We have also continued to improve our design to use our resources wisely. We have re-designed the end piece of our flipper arm. Our first design was over complicated and would require a large solid piece of stock material to be laser cut. Our new design can be made from smaller stock material using the milling machine. We have also determined the motor mounting position for our moving arms.
We continue to finalize our design and we hope to start machining our parts early this week.
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| Original Flipper Arm End Piece |
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| Flipper Arm Motor Mount |
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