2021-11-09 Meeting Minutes - Drivetrain Review w/ Ping

notes

Link to the slides here

Chassis

  • flip rocker and bogie end

  • take a look at the flexing of the top plate

    • 10/15 kg arm on the plate may flex

    • add some clamps onto the carbon fiber rods

  • carbon fiber

    • make additional pieces to test and play around with

    • bigger factor of safety for carbon fiber

    • validate the carbon fiber

    • bond strength between carbon fiber and aluminum is variable

    • glass beads to fill the gap between epoxy and aluminum to prevent touching

    • avoid carbon fiber touching aluminum

    • strength testing on the instron on campus

      • google this to get some good data

      • bonding related to formula sae suspension arm

  • measure the carbon fiber tubes before manufacture

  • flip the bolt around in that block so it can be disassembled

  • chassis will react to the arm movement whole thing will wiggle with arm movement - be aware of that

  • pem nut some of the aluminum sheet metal parts - smaller detail

  • flanged hex blots to eliminate washers no need for socket heads - small detail

  • no issue boring that depth - boring bar, might not be able to bore in one go

  • do a circular cut out instead of a square slot

  • to get haas training you must go in with a CNC -reasonable part

  • need to refine some of the features

  • should add a step to make the expoxy joint concentric (see 4th link)

  • why have those plastic blocks - switch plastic to aluminum (make the block taller)

Suspension

  • gap size depends on epoxy type - use

  • make the angle a whole number for ease of manufacture

  • spacer between bearings on the rocker arm - already on block

  • retaining compound for bearings

    • internal retaining rings if the bonding doesnt work, block will have to get wider and add a groove

  • change the bracket to slightly cover the bearing.

  • DO NOT WANT EXPOSED BEARINGS

  • might be some slop in the bogie side

    • shoulder bolt on either side instead if it fits

  • side to side bending concern on bogie side - especially in turning - more concerned with the bond strength of the tube though

Differential Bar

  • ideally jamnuts if it can fit

  • might want to move forward the differential part mount position

  • weakest point is around the center of pivot

Wheel Integration

  • tap the aluminum piece

  • main machine shop has all the tools

  • round out corners of the carbon fiber tubes where the round goes to flat - needs internal radius

  • try the wheel hub ASAP to see if it works

  • more internal radii for the 3D printed stuff - against this

  • beef up the thing alot

  • really need to try the 3d printed thing - highly suspect

  • might want to adapt the OG wheel hubs

  • round out the square holes

 

fixture jig


papers:

https://dspace.mit.edu/bitstream/handle/1721.1/74433/813136157-MIT.pdf

https://www.mdpi.com/1996-1944/14/8/1977/pdf

items:

https://www.3mcanada.ca/3M/en_CA/p/d/b40066431/

https://agile-manufacturing.com/markforged-composite-materials/

 

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