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.