Meeting 2007.03.13 Team Info & Schedule

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2.72 - Team Number 1
Group Meeting
March 13, 2007


  • Team Info:
    • Team name: Team Number 1
    • Team mailing list: teamnumber1@mit.edu
    • Team members, usernames, cell phone, google account name:
      • Ani Mazumdar, AMAZUMDA, 949.241.2829
      • Dan Schultz, DANIELT, 585.330.8938, mr.danielschultz
      • Marcus Lopez, MARCUSL, 480.650.8782
      • Martin McBrien, MMCBRIEN, 714.653.5886, martmcb
      • Will Bosworth, BOSWORTH, 713.504.8802, wbosworth


  • Advice from Prof. Culpepper:
    • We will have to select the bushings for the carriage riding on the two rails
    • We will have to choose the lead screw, the bearings for the end of the lead screw, and the lead screw nut
    • We wil have to design & manufacture the lead screw/carriage flecture
    • We will have to choose the spindle shaft & bearings
      • We will be given the housing for the spindle shaft
    • We wil have to make the decisions on the bolts/threads for the bolted joints
      • The holes will be placed for us, we will tap them ourselves
      • We will select the bolts & nuts for purchasing
      • We must do the math to back up our decisions
    • We will have to do most/all of the design & manufacturing for the drive train system
      • Chain, gears, belt?
      • Plan on this being a "huge time investment"
    • We will be given the chuck/collet & tailstock
    • We can assume for now that we will be given the crossfeed (though it might not be definite)
    • Strongly recommended to waterjet pieces (frees up geometry constraints & production time)


  • Team Schedule:
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    • 2007.03.22 (R) - HTM for structures
    • 2007.04.10 (T) - Drive train rough design & brainstorming
    • 2007.04.12 (R) - Shafts done & bearings chosen...ready to be balanced by Prof & TAs
    • 2007.04.19 (R) - Bolted joints math & selection
    • 2007.04.20 (F) - Flecture design
    • 2007.04.24 (T) - Final Drive Train Design
    • 2007.04.26 (R) - Flecture prototype
    • 2007.05.03 (R) - Final flecture
Lead screw, lead screw nut, lead screw bearings selected
    • 2007.05.11 (F) - Drive Train completed
    • 2007.05.15 (T) - Report Draft1


  • Future meetings will be held on Tuesdays after class (4pm) at Bexley Front Desk.



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