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This week the team worked to optimize the accuracy of the test bed. The main modifications needed were from the mechanical side of the test bed to make sure that there is not any unwanted rotation on the testbed. Our goal for accuracy is within .1 degree and to do this it needs to be completely stable wihout any movement …
This week, we changed the size of our rotating frame for improved stability for testing and for use by the Air force. Instead of using 1x1in bars, we used 2×2 which immensely helped the stability of the frame. we were also able to begin testing the rotation of the plate. we were able to test the rotation o f the …
This week, the team took steps to planning out of the remainder of the year so that we can close out the project by june. Our steps are to finish calculations on the test equipment so that we can adjust our gear ratio properly. WE also will begin writing test procedures and test plan for the equipment to make sure …
With the onset of midterms this week, our team worked on what we could to make progress on the project. The manufacturing team has been researching vacuum compatibility for some of our parts along with designing mounts that will help the overall safety and functionality of the machine. Unfortunately, we had a failure on the electrical side of things which …
This week the Thermal Orientation Testbed team worked to continue to make improvements to the structure and accuracy of the testbed. Our controls team worked to mount limit switches to control the rotation of the test bed. They are also looking into a emergency stop for safety and for an inclinometer which will help us monitor the orientation of the …
This week the team worked to assemble the inner frame of the test bed in order to test the programming for our motor. During assembly we were able to identify some major and minor problems that will affect how the test bed can handle its loads. After putting together the test bed we were able to identify more issues and …
As this week concludes, we currently have our solidworks model fully up to date including all of the parts that we will have ready for the design review next week. With the motor beginning to run with our code and the solidworks nmodel up to date, we are planning to test out how much of a payload our system can …
This week our team reached a mile stone as we were able to get the programming for our motor to work so that it could rotate the outer frame of our system. Although the system still has a long way to come before it will be complete, we are still able to control how much the motor moves by the …
This week the team continued to move closer to testing as some modifications were made to the frame of the assembly so that it would avoid interference with our motor and some of the mounts. Before testing starts, manufacturing will just have to finalize the motor mount design to put up the motor. Other than that, manufacturing will be in …
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Kyle Williams- AFRL Thermal Orientation Test Bed This week our team continued to work on both the motor controls for the test bed and the modifications that need to be made to the frame. The controls team is almost finished with their motor controls, however, one of the only things holding them back is figuring out whether a limit switch …
