2022-01-18 - Mechanical Meeting Minutes

2022-01-18 - Mechanical Meeting Minutes

Goals

  • Review status of the rover

  • Review work delegation

High-Level Overview

General

  • For everyone making prints and posting to drafting - please PING reviewers after linking your drawings!

  • For everyone making prints - please review the status of all of your drawings on the part tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1HPEkeCkpTusLCXb6v7PG44SDeqHmx5bTmrqhjEWrAiQ/edit#gid=0

    • Ping any lead if your drawing has been approved and the spreadsheet is wrong, but please stay on top of the status and ensure it is in good shape

  • COTS Order BOMS drive folder is linked in discord - if you are waiting on stock or parts check status here

  • We should have worked out our confluence issues, if you are unable to access Confluence please ping Emily or Max (not Austin as his VPN doesn't work..... )

  • MAXON MOTORS ARE IN THE BAY!

  • Machine during the week - not on Saturday if possible

Arm

  • Great progress on drawings from new members!

  • First part on the Haas done - Thanks Ethan! 

  • All stock and OTS parts ready/in process of being ordered

  • Let's begin machining approved prints ASAP

Drivetrain

  • Dealing with the current lack of carbon fiber at our disposal

  • Tricky suspension pieces are being sorted out using CNC - once again thanks Ethan!

Update & Action Items

  • If you're free to machine, state your availability for this week!

Member

Update

Action Items

Member

Update

Action Items

@Emily Adam (Deactivated)

  • Coordination of ordering parts and preparing for machining

  • Drawings for new aluminum pieces

  • Demtool order Jan 20, 2022 

  • Ordering of new stock, preparing more to be water jetted Jan 19, 2022 

  • Touchbase with Olabisi about battery mount

  • Touchbase with Ryan C about wiring clip

  • Get stuff printed

@Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated)

  • completed boms for all OTS parts (SKF, KHK, Misumi, DFROBOT) and arm stock

  • contacted and re-established fictiv credit

  • (somewhat) helped get 0060 done on the CNC (emailed brian lol)

  • picked out a drill and angle grinder for WEEF

  • reviewed prints - shoutouts to everyone whos being active in drafting or DMS  

  • made small design change to A4 to improve dowel pin alignment

  • sort out budgeting with business and get all of our stuff ordered 

  • complete McMaster/EMS BOM Jan 20, 2022 

  • continue to review prints

  • create Agile BOM and reach out to Nathan (please send me all agile parts!) Jan 20, 2022 

  • create a fictiv order for A4 bracket (anyone else who wants something made @Emily Adam (Deactivated) @Max Apitz-Grossman (Deactivated) please lmk) Jan 21, 2022 

  • A4 sensor mount (oops)

  • order more PLA filament

@Max Apitz-Grossman (Deactivated)

  • Designed a few new suspension pieces to be used in lieu of the CF not being available

  • Some drawings for those

  • Update that thread

@Ethan Cronier (Deactivated)

  • going ham on machining

  • lead stuff

  • keep doing what hes doing

@Andrew Tersigni (Deactivated)

  • applications and coop stuff

  • looked into what to do for comms tower w/o carbon fibre tubes

  • discuss more after meeting

  • supervise drawings for parts added for moved comms stand

  • update chassis bom

  • update tracker page 

@Asha Mills Emmett (Deactivated)

  • applications and coop stuff

  • all drawings done, ready to machine

  • start machining parts (see later)

@Elizabeth Jung (Deactivated)

  • finishing shop training

  • she will be managing manufacturing for Axis 2 (partially)

  • working on fixture asap

@Olabisi Sanusi

  • no updates

  • no updates

@Chanpakorn Chaiklahan

  • has been working on lots of machining (P0092)

  • designing camera mount on arm

  • fill in later

@Medina Colabrese (Deactivated)

  • Finished most drawing updates for in house parts

  • finish the rest of A5A6 drawing updates (Prioritize Demtool parts)

  • BOM

@Jasmine Milan (Deactivated)

  • Not much to update

    • Generating print files for end effector parts 

  • Delivered maxon motors!

  • Hoping to come up this week or weekend to do some machining and printing end effector parts (depending on snow + car availability) 

  • Make any changes needed to science camera mechanism based on feedback from Max

@Abdul Haseeb (Deactivated)

@Thomas Valer (Deactivated)

  • finishing the motor controller enclosure

  • finish motor controller enclosure

  • create bonding fixture for chassis 

  • get controller layout finalized (ping austin)

@Steven Gong

  • Started machining parts for P-099

  • Tried 3d printing design last week for a screwdriver holder but ran out of filament midprint

    • will be put on hold until we get more 3d printing filament

  • Design for mars lander testing rig still not finished

  • Finish machining P-099

  • Continue CADing mars lander testing rig

Maybe if extra-time: machine another part in #bounties

Future:

  • 3D print screwdriver holder

Conall Kingshott

  • brought in stock for 0060 (got it made with Jeff!)

  • Grabbing some bounties

  • Working on versaplanetary parts later

Ryan C.

  • P0008 and P0022 machining in progress

  • Working on drivetrain cable clips

    • Want to meet with @Emily Adam (Deactivated) later

    • Look into status on part tracker for Ethan's drawing

Simon Gorbet

  • Can't edit confluence 

  • Need to upload part number 

  • reach out to mechanical to get part numbers registered

  • gimbal - clean up CAD @Max Apitz-Grossman (Deactivated)

  • comms stand plate @Andrew Tersigni (Deactivated)

Alysha

  • no updates

  • no updates

Ash

  • no updates

  • no updates

Chris

  • no updates

  • no updates

Charmaine

  • working on training

  • going into machine shop tomorrow 4:00

Joshua

  • no updates

  • no updates

Matthew

  • working on training

  • finished shop training

  • continue training

Olivia Y.

  • end effector adapter plate design is done

  • worked on first draft of the drawing

  • almost done training

  • revise drawing

Olivia Z.

  • working through drawing section of onboarding

  • machined P00028

  • continue training

  • finish up OTS parts

Ryan M.

  • finished shop training

  • ready to machine B)

  • working on onboarding

Zia

  • making progress on training

  • continue training

  • talk to people about ebox @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated) @Jasmine Milan (Deactivated)

  • complete shop training

Alaina

  • no updates for now

  • no updates for now

Kenneth

  • working on Axis 3 drawings

  • Adding critiques for drafting

  • passover demtool part to @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated)

Arlo

  • used to go to highschool with conall B)

  • working on training

  • used to go to highschool with conall B)

  • workinng on training

Gavin

  • A4 drawings wrapped up B) 

  • got all the feedback

  • message a lead to make sure the part tracker is properly updates 

  • machining

  • lurking on bounties

Kyle

  • working on team and shop training

  • working on team and shop training

  • down to machine

 

New Tasks:

Arm - Machining and Fabrication

  • (Go to part tracker)

FW Fixture

 

Topics for Later

  • How are we controlling whos going into the bay when???!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

    • @Max Apitz-Grossman (Deactivated) use bay access calendar to figure out how to track this

  • Does steven need help with lander design 

    • @Austin Tailon Huang (Deactivated)

  • Talk to Ryan about A2 stuff

  • Figure out how to run a 3D print farm on campus

  • Andrew's connection stand - 0256 and 0257

  • What parts does asha need machined