2022-01-25 - Mechanical Meeting Minutes

Goals

  • Get orders done for stock and COTS parts
  • Continue machining drivetrain + arm
  • Get all drawings finished soon

High-Level Overview

General

Assembly Tracker: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1x9vvX5iYVu1dqfgCTcVoqFY9kpOc9GH6CGEYmtVIWNw/edit#gid=0

Arm

  • All COTS orders funding is arranged, orders will be placed this week
  • Machining and drawing production needs to ramp up


Drivetrain

  • Ramping up manufacturing, design is finally done
  • Want to get remainder of parts made this and next week
  • Feb 14 - demtool coming

Update & Action Items

  • If you're free to machine, state your availability for this week!
MemberUpdateAction Items
Emily Adam
  • Finalize P0097 to send to Demtool → ASAP
  • Respond to Thomas
  • Coordinate this week's machining for the drivetrain
    • Water jet components, 3D printed parts, CNC'd parts
    • Final changes to p0043, update the drawing
  • Order remaining arm stock from EMS
  • Help with machining
    • Also verify location of black flies, look for RLS package
Austin Tailon Huang
  • grinded out motor test rig
  • contacted sponsors and got orders for OTS parts arranged
  • camera is located for arm
  • order everything for arm
  • continue to support drawing production
  • work with Emily and Max to get all stock orders fulfilled
Max Apitz-Grossman
  • Forgot to look into bay access calendar
  • McMaster arm stock, DFRobot, KHK orders
  • Look into bay access calendar
  • Science - maybe jasmine
  • Clean up suspension BOM (aluminum)
Ethan Cronier
  • going ham on machining
  • lead stuff
  • keep doing what hes doing
  • P0260, 0105
Andrew Tersigni (Deactivated)
  • made changes to front plate
  • updated DT cad w/ aluminum chassis


Asha Mills Emmett
  • P0105 updated for aluminum
  • Fixed drawings and CAD cleanup
  • Fix OTS parts
  • maybe machining
Elizabeth Jung
  • almost done machine shop training
  • hoping to go into shop on Thursday
  • machining axis 2 parts
Olabisi Sanusi
  • battery mount modifications
  • also battery mount modifications
Chanpakorn Chaiklahan
  • Machining P0092, 0232, 0233
  • Apparently camera is now in the bay for arm's camera
  • P0231
Medina Colabrese

Jasmine Milan
  • Worked on machining for MR22-DT-P0257 and MR22-DT-P0119
  • Printed MR22-EE-P0018 and MR22-EE-P0019 (Ethan Cronier)
  • All camera controller parts have been printed!
  • Check commercial parts for science have been ordered
  • Edit bracket for camera controller + clean folder
  • Should be able to come up one day for more machining next week 
  • Open to helping with drawings (Austin Tailon Huang)
  • Waiting on commercial parts for assembly of camera controller mechanism (Mcmaster Carr order)
Abdul Haseeb
  • no updates

Thomas Valer
  • motor controller enclosure in progress
  • motor controller enclosure in progress
Steven Gong

Won't make it to meeting today,

  • Finished machining P-099
  • Squared P0257, handed off to another person
  • Machine P0234 (Motor Mount Testing)
  • Make more progress on Mars Lander Testing Rig CAD (will need to have help on this)


Conall Kingshott
  • finished versa plate
  • grabbed bounty for machining
  • Take apart E-Box
Ryan Chan
  • Finished 1/2 EE parts
  • A2 coordination, other EE part
Simon Gorbet
  • no updates
  • no updates
Alysha
  • no updates/away

Ash
  • no updates/away

Chris
  • no updates/away

Charmaine Chun
  • Machining 

Joshua
  • no updates/away

Matthew Zhu
  • Machining P0117 
  • grabbing bounties
Olivia Ye
  • Revised A6/EE plate drawing
  • Finished shop training
  • grabbing bounties
Olivia Zheng
  • Finished training drawings
  • grabbing bounties
Ryan Mark
  • Solidworks training in progress
  • working on bounty
Zia
  • no updates/away

Alaina
  • no updates/away

Kenneth Francis
  • A3 drawings in progress, should be done by end of week

Arlo Symons
  • Coming early next week
  • Machining A4, potentially assembly
Gavin Mesz
  • P0229 halfway done
  • Revising A4 drawings
  • Machining

Kyle Ferrier

  • Finished shop training
  • Team training in progress
  • Evening availability for machining
David
  • Almost done training drawings

Sanjay


New Tasks:

  • Emptying E-Box?  → Austin Tailon Huang and Conall
  • E-box  mounting to drivetrain → Thomas Valer
  • Sub-assembly drawings (Drivetrain, Arm, Science)
  • Fix Austin's motor test assembly
  • Arm Mars Lander Test Fixture - Supporting Steven


Topics for Later

  • Good CAD organizational practices