816005673 Final Year Project Logbook

 ENTRY #23  Today I was scheduled to meet with my technician today to discuss my design and what change of materials would be made to be built at school. However, on arrival, my assigned technician Imran Mohammed was not present. I did get in contact with the Cheif technician Mr.Maxwell and discussed the following points :  - Cost of my Build  - The materials that may be used  - How long the design would take to construct  However further discussion is pending scheduling as the building technician, Imran  Mohammed , is to be present .

 ENTRY #22  January the 25th  the meeting was conducted by my supervisor Dr.Kuldeep at approximately 8:14pm and lasted a total of 16 minutes. During this meeting, my drawings were assessed and were deemed adequate with the exception of not having the following: Estimated cost breakdown and List of components.  These were to be inputted into the final file and sent to the Mechanical engineering department to allow for the assessment of a technician to help build my project.  This was done the very night and submitted. Shortly after on January the 26th i was informed by the technician board that the technician ill be working with is Imran Mohommed.  the first connection was done over email and the first meeting in the lab is currently pending. 

 ENTRY #21  Between the days of the last entry and now I have taken into consideration by Mr.Bansee and Dr.Kuldpee to improve the safety and to standardize parts to lessen the manufacturing process time,  I accomplished this by first implementing a kill switch system. This will allow a singular participant to cut all power if necessary to the entire unit.  In standardizing the parts used for the machine, components such as the drill system, castor wheels, and pulleys along with the v-belts were all standardized making it available for purchase whether online or from a local commercial business.   After completion of these additions and replacements, drawings were then complied and handed in to my supervisor where a short meeting was held where I was told to re-draw small details and to add exploded views.  Another meeting was scheduled for the 25th of January at 8:00 pm 

 ENTRY #20  Due to the early submission of my drawing to Dr.Kulpee my meeting was scheduled for Friday the 14th however rescheduled for Wednesday the 12th which is today at 7:30 pm.  At this meeting, i was given the recommendations by my supervisor to  - Do a full assembly drawing with a part breakdown  -Standardize selective parts such as Pulleys , Belts, and Gears  - Discussed further improvements  - Add to logbook and to keep ahead  We also set a deadline of next week Wednesday for the completion and submission of my drawings.  With the help of these improvements and comments, we can now move on to finalizing my design and submitting to my supervisor. 

 ENTRY #19  Between the last entry and now I've completed some assembly drawings as well as the bill of materials for the final design selected previously. This is done using the drawing feature done by Solidworks. This was submitted to my supervisor and a meeting was scheduled for Friday the 14th January. 

 ENTRY #18  As of this day after the holiday break and the completion of semester 1 finals, it is now time to get reacquainted with my research and further development of my design to be fabricated this semester. Considering the improvements given by my supervisors although helpful and would help improve my design it over complicates the system creating a larger chance of a failure in the system. This hinders the reliability and serviceability of the tool.  On considering Mr.Bansee's proposal to potentially add an idler gear. With the research of this gear, its seems an idler gear reverses the direction of the output gear along with reducing the size of the output/input gears. This may be helpful in some cases however in this scenario it would not.  The image below shows an Idler Gear function :  however with this in mind other safety precautions as discussed before will be implemented .