Bogie Team Update Week of 7/18-7/22

During this week, we spent the majority of our time fixing little changes in our design for fabrication. We created the template for the 2-D pieces to be laser cut. Afterwards, the template and a sheet of MDF wood were taken to the laser cutter on campus, We got our wooden bogie pieces laser cut. There were a few issues where the laser burnt too much material and the dimensions were slightly off. We also sent the metal pieces of our project to a machine shop, where the machinist pointed out any defects in our design. We are working on perfecting these defects in our design.

Bogie Team Update Week of 7/11-7/15

 The beginning of this week our team worked on our posters and presentation for the conference, as well as attending the conference. After the conference, we began working on the fabrication of the bogie. We began cutting and drilling a few metal pieces that will be used for the jack system, but we realized our drill press wasn't drilling precise holes. We decided to cut the metal and then take them to a machine shop to get the holes drilled precisely. For the wood portion of the bogie, we used a laser cutter at the lab on campus to cut each piece out of MDF wood.

Bogie team update for week of 7/5-7/8

For this week we've finished the steering system drawing and assembling, changed the jack system placement and finished the 2D drawings to start producing the wooden/metal model. The motor propulsion system is fully modeled with an actuator on it. Below we can see the final design of the Bogie/Propulsion on the track:

So now the next step is to laser cut the wooden board at the college lab.

Team Chart