Monday, July 24, 2017

Week 8

This week is the last week of the internship. The team decides to stay their complete 8 weeks. For the team members that came in late; they will stay a full 8 weeks. One member decides to stay until Tuesday, and the others decide to stay at least until Friday or next Tuesday in order to fulfill the 8 weeks.


Friday, July 14, 2017

Week 7

This week, we drilled new holes and cut copper rails for the left side of the track. We were able to finish one side of the track with the ends missing. There are a few problems that happen, which took the rails longer than expected to finish. The copper rails broke in half, and that made us redrill new holes and remake the copper rails.  We also briefly discussed with the bogie team about how a track change would occur.  We plan to have a shovel-like guide, made of wood, that would guide a derailed pair of shoe collectors into the PVC pipe.  A 3D printed part will be printed to prevent a pair of derailed shoe collectors to not dangle freely.

Friday, July 7, 2017

Week 6

We have implemented finished copper railed onto the wayside. Previous week, we drilled holes and cut the copper rail into the shape wanted for a better connection. This week we started to put up the copper rails.  Our initial plan was to carve out a rectangular section in the inside of the pvc so that the copper backing that holds two joining copper rails together would be flush with pvc pipe.  However, we realized that this design was way to time-consuming.  Instead, we decided to not carve or cut any of the insides of the pvc pipes.  We just screwed the rectangular copper joint to the other side of the pipe.  This rectagular copper piece is needed to ensure that the copper sections are always connected electrically even if they are not visibly touching.  It takes awhile to put up the copper rails because of unexpected flaws. There are usually problems that occur while working on the rail.


Week 8

This week is the last week of the internship. The team decides to stay their complete 8 weeks. For the team members that came in late; they ...