(9/13/2024) This coming week I will be working on designing the general dryer unit for the filament flip-flop unit. This unit should work while the printer is off to ensure that the filament remains in good condition to avoid any problems while printing. I will be working with my team to come up with a list of parts to integrate with the unit and also researching the best way to go about keeping the effects of the elements away.
(9/22/2024)
This week, we primarily worked on the presentation to present to the enterprise and a list of parts/the way certain aspects of our project will be integrated together. Still unsure of how exactly we want to do the extruder portion of the project, we focused in on the external design as we decided how the box will be and decided to change the placement of the clips to the bottom instead of the top of the container. We purchased some parts for the project and will proceed with those likely this coming week.
My goal this week involves deciding the final design for the dryer unit and working on coming up with the design for the filament switcher (extruder portion). A list detailing this goal follows:
- Brainstorm and research dryer unit options to determine which one best matches with the description in our plan
- Brainstorm and research options for the extruder/switcher to determine the best course of action for implementing that
- Figure out which parts are needed for the switching unit and order parts for that or at least narrow down the list to order parts for this unit this next week.
Concerns for the coming week
- Coming up with the switching unit is going to be a pretty big task, it is likely that researching this unit will take longer than this week as we have other pending tasks at hand. It is important that we pick a design that will not clog or cause issues down the line.
(9/29/2024)
This week was a chaotic week with all the events of career fair so it was hard to get all of the goals accomplished. We started a shared drive for CAD files and finalized and ordered some more parts. Since we are awaiting parts to come in, a delay has taken place. Originally we chose to use fusion 360 for CAD but ended up going with onshape instead as it was easier to share files. We are still pondering the best way to go about the switching unit, hopefully a consensus will be made in the next meeting. Goals for this week rely heavily on parts coming in. Once parts come in, we can measure them and create the unit to scale with precise features in onshape. I will be working in onshape on the dryer unit. Collectively, we will be coming up with slides and preparing for CDR.
