Tuesday, May 6, 2014

Group Meeting Minutes 5/6

Agenda
  1. Powerpoint completion
  2. Presentation preparation
  3. Yo-yo practice
Attendance
Hannah, Marie, Kelsey, Joanna, Jordan, and Noa were present. 

Minutes

Powerpoint completed
Noa to make nicer renders and replace current ones in powerpoint
Hannah and Noa to present in class
    -will meet on Tuesday to practice
Jordan to practice yo-yo tricks for presentation demonstration

Wednesday, April 30, 2014

Group Meeting Minutes 4/30

Agenda
  1. Assembly
  2. String Gap Measurements
  3. Assigning work for Report 4
Attendance
Hannah, Marie, Jonny, and Kelsey were present. The others had scheduling conflicts and will help more with the report and presentation.

Minutes

All teams finished production and have taken measurements.
Sleeves turned out and ready for assembly.

Summary of team accomplishments:

Team
Accomplished
To do this week
Issues Foreseen
IJ1  
      Production run complete
      Measurements complete
      Report charts complete

      
    
        None
     
IJ2
     Production run complete
     Measurements complete
     Report charts complete
      
     None
IJ3
      Production run complete
     Measurements complete
  
     Report charts
          None
TF
        Production run complete
      Measurements complete
     Report charts
      
         None

Meeting Accomplishments
  • All good yoyos were assembled, string gaps were measured.
  • Jordan to create string gap chart for Report 4.
  • All team to email about alternative design section
Goals:
  • Presentation preparation
    • Begin to add more material
    • Will finalize at group meeting next Friday
    • Hannah and Noa to practice and receive group feedback before 5/14 presentation

Final Assembly

Our group met today for 2 hours to assemble all of our yo-yos!

First, Kelsey and Marie attached the two halves of the body and string. Once the good parts were prepared, Hannah measured string gap widths, Jonny skillfully snapped in the pre-assembled IJ2 and TF pieces to the IJ3 caps, Marie acted as quality control on Jonny's pieces, carefully fixing the delicate thermoformed trapezoids, and Kelsey completed final assembly by inserting the shims and attaching the cap assemblies to the completed bodies. When string gap measurements were complete, Hannah took Kelsey's place as the final assembly station.

Our assembly line looked something like this (panorama courtesy of Kelsey's photography skills):


Hannah meticulously measuring string gaps:


 Close ups of our final product:


After 2 hours of hard work (and Jonny asking for worker's injury compensation for his sore wrists), here are all our yo-yos!



Sunday, April 27, 2014

Assembly Beginnings

Three of four groups have completed their production runs!

IJ2's production run looked like this...

All 110 parts laid out in the lab:



A closeup on our final parts:



Joanna proudly smiling for the camera with her new injection molded necklace:



Then we met on 4/25 for our typical group meeting to begin assembling all the IJ2 and TF parts. We also had 2 caps (IJ1 still needs to complete their production run on 4/29), so we made one completed yo-yo to test, and the results were great!

The final product looks like this (the final cap color will eventually match the body):



And this:



Then several group members tried their hand at yo-yoing:


While Noa succeeded at showing off some impressive tricks, Jonny mastered sideways yo-yoing....


At least we know we can count on Noa to prove our yo-yo works when it comes to presentations!

We are looking forward to assembling the rest of our parts on Wednesday 4/31.

-Hannah














Friday, April 25, 2014

Group Meeting Minutes 4/25

Agenda
  1. Begin Assembling TF and IJ2
  2. Progress
  3. Assembly Plans
  4. Blog post, Gantt chart update reminders
  5. Presentation Planning
  6. Final goals
Minutes

General Updates

  • Shims arrived - fit perfectly!
  • Extra appointments canceled
  • All final appointments scheduled
Assembly Process:

  • Need to turn out inside of sleeves for assembly
  • Pull out string from loop side to avoid tangling
  • Use pin gauges to check spacing - should standardize spacing
  • Made 5 test yoyos
  • Decided on 0.022" spacing between the 2 halves (1.5x the string width)


Summary of team accomplishments:


Team
Accomplished
To do this week
Issues Foreseen
IJ1  
      Production run complete
      Measurements complete

      Assembly!
    
        None
     
IJ2
     Production run complete
     Measurements complete
      Assembly!
     None
IJ3
      Molds complete
      Optimization done
  
     Production Run - both will occur Tuesday 4/29
          Timing - cutting it close
TF
        Production run complete
      Measurements complete
      Assembly!
         None

Meeting Accomplishments
  • All TF and IJ2 parts snapped together
  • Assembly procedure discussed
  • Plans finalized
Goals:
  • Production runs completed by 4/29
  • "Assembly Party" 4/30 5-6 PM in lab (all but Joanna and Jordan are free)
  • Presentation preparation
    • File in our google drive - to be worked on individually
    • Hannah and Noa to present
    • Section division of work
      • Design: Joanna
      • Process Optimization: Jordan
      • Process Capability (info to come): Marie
      • Lessons Learned (to be discussed upon assembly): Hannah & team
    • Each team member to contribute to each section individually as needed

Friday, April 18, 2014

Group Meeting Minutes 4/18

Agenda
  1. Progress
  2. Team successes/needs
  3. Timing planning
  4. Blog post, Gantt chart update reminders
  5. Presentation Planning and 
  6. Future goals
Minutes

Color Notes:

  • IJ1 and IJ3 will match "winner" sample part
  • IJ2 is Green 2
  • TF is white
Summary of team accomplishments:


Team
Accomplished
To do this week
Issues Foreseen
IJ1  
      Mold complete
      Optimization complete
      Production run ready - to be scheduled for Tuesday 4/29 from 10-12
     Production run
    
        None
     (Help may be needed for production run)
IJ2
     Production run complete (110 parts); parts are to spec
     Measurements complete
      Help support other teams as best as possible - come in to be backup for production appointments
     None
IJ3
      Molds complete
  
     Process Optimization
     Production Run - both will occur Tuesday 4/22 from 3-5
        Timing - falling a little bit behind and may need help
TF
        Production run complete
      Parts to be punched
      Measure parts
         None

Meeting Accomplishments
  • Schedule modified for remaining production runs
  • Members encouraged to help teams still working to complete part production
  • Shims ordered - email sent to Dave
Goals:
  • Production runs completed by 4/29
  • Fix Gantt chart again when progress observed after next lab
  • Start assembling the top portion in lab on Tuesday 4/29
  • "Assembly Party" 4/30 2-6 PM in lab (people can come and go as they are free)
  • Presentation preparation
    • File in our google drive - to be worked on individually
    • Hannah and TBD to present
    • Section division of work
      • Design: Joanna
      • Process Optimization: Jordan
      • Process Capability (info to come): Marie
      • Lessons Learned (to be discussed upon assembly): Hannah & team
    • Each team member 

Tuesday, April 8, 2014

Group Meeting Minutes 4/8

Agenda
  1. Progress
  2. Team successes/needs
  3. Timing planning
  4. Blog post, Gantt chart update reminders
  5. Future goals
Minutes

Action Plan to fix cap and body fit
  • IJ2 and TF can do production run because they will fit together - Tuesday 4/15
  • IJ1 and IJ3 need to redo molds such that they snap fit together
IJ1 Fixes
  • Air on the side of smaller outer radius
  • Rescale by 2% based off of original molds that were made
  • Will remachine on Tuesday
IJ3 Fixes
  • Base off the SolidWorks model
  • Only go in to Mastercam and change the diameter that snap fits with the body
  • Will remachine on Tuesday (likely earlier if possible - maybe Friday morning)

Summary of team accomplishments:


Team
Accomplished
To do this week
Issues Foreseen
IJ1  
      Rescale molds in Mastercam, export GCode
     New molds machined
     
     Remachine molds again to accommodate desired snap fit (Tues 4/15)
     Process Optimization
     Report 3
     Production Run scheduling
    
          Sizing of fit with cap
IJ2
     Report 3 finished
      Production Run (Tuesday 4/15 appointment)
     None unless changes need to be made to accommodate other parts
IJ3
      Process optimization finished, flash issue resolved
  
     Remachine mold to optimize fit with body - only change is outer diameter
      Report 3
      Production Run scheduling
         Sizing of fit with body
TF
         Drilled out alignment holes for better center punching (making parts concentric)
         Finished report
      Production Run (Tuesday 4/15 in lab)
         None unless changes need to be made to accommodate other parts

Meeting Accomplishments

  • Schedule established for production runs - timeline adjusted


Goals:
  • Complete prototype and Report 3 components by next Friday (4/11) in case any other issues need to be dealt with - on track to accomplish
  • Production runs completed by 4/18
  • Fix Gantt chart when progress observed after next lab
  • "Assembly Party" 4/18 at 4 PM in lab
  • Presentation preparation: done through google docs
    • Joanna to create outline presentation
    • To be emailed out and worked on individually
    • Will come together to finalize in ~2-3 weeks