Mech Onsite Spring 2021

July 5 - 11

Chassis: (All done!)

• Access to Welding Room

• Finish sanding & assembling jigs (done)

• Drop off parts for welding

• Assembly more jigs

• Welding components onto Chassis

Aero: (Bleeding into week of July 12 - due to booking conflicts with Waterloop)

• Side Panel Molds ready by the end of this week for layup

Battery Box:

• Continue module manufacturing
  

July 12 - 18

Chassis:

• Pick up waterjet parts - End of the week

• Sand chassis, assemble more jigs

• Schedule welding in E5 - welding components onto Chassis

  • Clamping tubes prior to welding

Aero:

• Finish prepping side panel molds - end of the week

• Begin material prep for side panels layup

  • blocked by no driver - see if we have a driver???

  • drawings are ready

• Make a decision if we want to layup both - yes to both

• finish side panel molds 3, 4

• b bulkheads sand, potentially make blank and machine second mold as well (based on SDC)

  • first b-bulkhead sanded

  • second b-bulkhead - in progress

Composites:

• infusion testing Saturday

• Double check prep work for the infusion testing session (Friday)

  • use mold release/PVA, don’t apply Loctite

July 19 - 25

Chassis:

• Pick up waterjet parts - Early this week (Saturday)

Aero:

• visit cold storage to pick up adhesive film

• chassis measurements for b-bulkhead

• layup on Thursday

  • mold release on side panel 1 and 2

  • connect the molds (molds are misaligned)

    • smooth the connection points/ends of the molds

    • adding fasteners?

  • material prep (nomex, vacuum bag, breather cloth, peel ply),

  • pick up kerosene

  • trim carbon fibre and adhesive film

Composites:

• next infusion test will be next week - run by Michael

  • for this week, prep materials

  • Prep for a small test for Saturday to test variables

Battery Box:

• Continuing spot welding (Wednesday)

Purchases:

• Adhesive film for 2nd side panel (2nd week of august for material prep) - process through university

July 26 - Aug 1

Chassis:

• Submit work request and drop off parts at E3 (Monday)

• Sand chassis and (maybe) tack weld seatbelt mounts (post Wednesday)

Aero:

• Cure & Demold L. Side panel

• Finish sanding R. Side Panel 3,4 molds

• Organize prepreg in the freezer

• Make material list for 2nd Side Panel

  • Cold Storage run?

  • Goal: Purchase list to be ready by Wednesday to be made Thursday (if going through University)

• B-Bulkhead

  • Reach out to Brian to machine B-bulkhead mold

Composites (Infusion):

• Testing the Glass:

  • Test #1: Pull vacuum on glass to see if it can hold vacuum (Monday/Tuesday)

  • Test #2: use wax/grease remover for glass midweek and pull vacuum (Wednesday/Thursday)

  • Test #3: Flip glass to test on other side and pull vacuum (End of Week)

• Obtain inlet & clamps from Brian

• Infusion Test: Material Prep for test piece (before Saturday)

• Saturday July 31st: Run Resin through part

Side panels:

• #3 almost done

• #4 up to 600

Purchases to be made:

• Adhesive film for 2nd side panel (2nd week of august for material prep) - process through university (15 sqm)

• Venturi Pump

  • possibly WEEF F21

  • Find Canadian companies

• Purpose-built Vacuum Bag

  • Get 1 sample to test with

  • Follow up with discount or sponsorship details

04 Jul 2021

Micah Black

Continued Battery Spot Welding

July 8, 2021

Mackenzie Lui, Kyle Lacson

Transport excess material to cold storage facility, set up paint guns.

Paint guns