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)

• Sanding areas where seat belt mounts will be welded (Thu/Fri)

Aero:

• Cure & Demold L. Side panel (Thursday)

• Finish sanding R. Side Panel 3,4 molds

  • checking Thursday for completion

• Organize prepreg in the freezer

  • adhesive film, prepreg scraps were put into a bin

  • larger pieces have been collected and stored

  • Thursday: check remaining quantity of adhesive film for 2nd side panel

    • have enough adhesive film for 2nd side panel

• Make material list for 2nd Side Panel

  • Cold Storage run?

    • Material classification

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

    • No need for purchase other than inventory for prepreg & adhesive film

• B-Bulkhead

  • Reach out to Brian to machine B-bulkhead mold @Mackenzie Lui @Kyle Justin Lacson (Deactivated) - let Brian know

  • Chassis measurements

Composites (Infusion):

• Testing the Glass:

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

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

  • Reach out to Graeme about the current glass and other options

    • Solved our Glass solution

  • Test #3: Try on Mirror in Composites Room (Friday) - didn’t need to try

  • Test #4: Interior’s sheet metal in bay - didn’t need to try

  • Test #5: Envelope bagging - is this still applicable?

  • Test #6: Flip glass to test on other side and pull vacuum (End of Week) - didn’t need to

• Obtain inlet & clamps from Brian

• Infusion Test: Material Prep for test piece (before Saturday) - working session # of people is dependent

  • Saturday July 31st: Run Resin through part - SUCCESS

  • Demolding Aug 1st - SUCCESS

Battery Box:

• 12 more modules to go for final step

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

NEED TO DO BY END OF WEEK

• 2nd Side Panel Working Timeline @Minqian Lu

• Infusion testing timeline/working plan @Michael Hanley

Battery Box:

• Test set up will be ready by the end of term

Chassis:

• Book welding room, clamp and weld seatbelt mounts (once parts at E3 are complete)

Aero:

• Check 2nd Side panel sanding finish

• Prepreg & Adhesive Film Inventory (Bay & Conestoga)

• Reach out to Brian to machine B-bulkhead mold @Mackenzie Lui @Kyle Justin Lacson (Deactivated) - let Brian know (Tuesday)

• Begin Material Prep for 2nd Side Panel

Infusion:

• Tests:

  • Test #1: Simulate incline vacuum pull (e.g. b bulkhead)

• Prep A-plane mold to reuse for another test

• Planning

  • Test Mold Planning - @Michael Hanley

  • Test planning

Reach out to Multimatic

• @Min to reach out Tuesday? Ask jieun for contact?

Jul 4, 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