2010:Mechanical 2 01.12 - Revision history

Mechanical1 at 00:03, 14 January 2010

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	*We worked together to come up with a mechanism design.		*We worked together to come up with a mechanism design.
	*We jointly worked with drivetrain to review constraints and other important details		*We jointly worked with drivetrain to review constraints and other important details
	*We started working with a "golf club shooter" by manipulating designs on ~~Auto Desk~~		*We started working with a "golf club shooter" by manipulating designs on Inventor
	*We did not finish working on a final design and but did calculate the force needed to hit the ball effectivly 30 feet at 10 ft/second... It was calculated that this would required approximately 32 lbs of force applied to the ball for 6 inches of the contact with the ball.		*We did not finish working on a final design and but did calculate the force needed to hit the ball effectivly 30 feet at 10 m/second... It was calculated that this would required approximately 32 lbs of force applied to the ball for 6 inches of the contact with the ball.
	*Tomorrow we should continue working with designs and with cad to refine a possible mechanism design.		*Tomorrow we should continue working with designs and with cad to refine a possible mechanism design.
	*Brief experiment was performed to understand force capability of the surgical tubing supplied in the KOP.  8 strains approximately 12" long exert a force of approximately 43 ~~ponds~~ when streched to approximately 19".		*Brief experiment was performed to understand force capability of the surgical tubing supplied in the KOP.  8 strains approximately 12" long exert a force of approximately 43 pounds when streched to approximately 19".
	*<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">'''The images from today are in the wiki and have been inserted in the Images & Additional information section directly below. '''</span><br>		*<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">'''The images from today are in the wiki and have been inserted in the Images & Additional information section directly below. '''</span><br>

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	<br>		<br>[[Image:1-12-10 kicker drawing.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Spatial View Inventor]]
	[[Image:1-12-~~10_kicker_drawing~~.jpg~~\|400px~~\|thumb\|left\|Spatial View Inventor]]

	[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]		[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]

Mechanical1 at 23:20, 13 January 2010

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	*Tomorrow we should continue working with designs and with cad to refine a possible mechanism design.		*Tomorrow we should continue working with designs and with cad to refine a possible mechanism design.
	*Brief experiment was performed to understand force capability of the surgical tubing supplied in the KOP.  8 strains approximately 12" long exert a force of approximately 43 ponds when streched to approximately 19".		*Brief experiment was performed to understand force capability of the surgical tubing supplied in the KOP.  8 strains approximately 12" long exert a force of approximately 43 ponds when streched to approximately 19".
	*<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'''The images from today are in the wiki and have been inserted in the Images & Additional information section directly below. '''</span><br>		*<span style="color: rgb(255,0,0)">'''The images from today are in the wiki and have been inserted in the Images & Additional information section directly below. '''</span><br>

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			[[Image:1-12-10_kicker_drawing.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|left\|Spatial View Inventor]]

	[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]		[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]
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	*<u>To Fire </u>- The driver presses the fire button and the Drive Dog motor starts to rotate clockwise again  with the drive dog pulley also rotating Link B.		*<u>To Fire </u>- The driver presses the fire button and the Drive Dog motor starts to rotate clockwise again  with the drive dog pulley also rotating Link B.
	*When the centerline of Link A passes by the center access of the Drive Dog Pulley the stored spring force is instantaneously released as Link B is free to "overrun" forward independent from the Drive Dog and the kicker are surges to kick the ball.		*When the centerline of Link A passes by the center access of the Drive Dog Pulley the stored spring force is instantaneously released as Link B is free to "overrun" forward independent from the Drive Dog and the kicker are surges to kick the ball.
	*[[Image:1-12-~~10_kicker_drawing~~.jpg]]		*[[Image:1-12-10 kicker drawing.jpg]]

Mechanical2 at 22:51, 13 January 2010

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	*Tomorrow we should continue working with designs and with cad to refine a possible mechanism design.		*Tomorrow we should continue working with designs and with cad to refine a possible mechanism design.
	*Brief experiment was performed to understand force capability of the surgical tubing supplied in the KOP.  8 strains approximately 12" long exert a force of approximately 43 ponds when streched to approximately 19".		*Brief experiment was performed to understand force capability of the surgical tubing supplied in the KOP.  8 strains approximately 12" long exert a force of approximately 43 ponds when streched to approximately 19".
	*<span style="color: ~~#ff0000~~">'''The images from today are in the wiki and have been inserted in the Images & Additional information section directly below. '''</span><br>		*<span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">'''The images from today are in the wiki and have been inserted in the Images & Additional information section directly below. '''</span><br>

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	[[Image:~~Variable_Force_Ball_Kicker_~~-~~_Retracted_2~~.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]		[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted 2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]

	[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]		[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]
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	*When the Link A-to-B pin is below the horizontal centerline of [[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker max position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Max Position]]the Drive Dog pulley it pulls the kicker arm back to the retracted position at the same time increasing the tension in the surgical tubing spring and stops at a position prior to Link A's center axis of the Drive Dog Pulley.		*When the Link A-to-B pin is below the horizontal centerline of [[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker max position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Max Position]]the Drive Dog pulley it pulls the kicker arm back to the retracted position at the same time increasing the tension in the surgical tubing spring and stops at a position prior to Link A's center axis of the Drive Dog Pulley.
	*<u>To Fire </u>- The driver presses the fire button and the Drive Dog motor starts to rotate clockwise again  with the drive dog pulley also rotating Link B.		*<u>To Fire </u>- The driver presses the fire button and the Drive Dog motor starts to rotate clockwise again  with the drive dog pulley also rotating Link B.
	*When the centerline of Link A passes by the center access of the Drive Dog Pulley the stored spring force is instantaneously released as Link B is free to "overrun" forward independent from the Drive Dog and the kicker are surges to kick the ball.		*When the centerline of Link A passes by the center access of the Drive Dog Pulley the stored spring force is instantaneously released as Link B is free to "overrun" forward independent from the Drive Dog and the kicker are surges to kick the ball.
			*[[Image:1-12-10_kicker_drawing.jpg]]

Mechanical2 at 19:12, 13 January 2010

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	[[Image:~~Variable Force Ball Kicker~~ - ~~Retracted~~.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]		[[Image:Variable_Force_Ball_Kicker_-_Retracted_2.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]

	[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]		[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]

Mechanical2 at 19:08, 13 January 2010

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			[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]

	[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]		[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]

Mechanical2 at 19:08, 13 January 2010

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	~~[[Image:Variable_Force_Ball_Kicker_-_Retracted.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]~~

	[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]		[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]

Mechanical2 at 19:07, 13 January 2010

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	[[Image:~~Variable Force Ball Kicker~~ - ~~Retracted~~.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]		[[Image:Variable_Force_Ball_Kicker_-_Retracted.jpg\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Retracted]]

	[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]		[[Image:Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing.jpg\|thumb\|right\|400px\|Variable Force Ball Kicker - Fully Extended after Firing]]

Mechanical2 at 18:57, 13 January 2010

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Mechanical2 at 18:54, 13 January 2010

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	[[Image:1-12-10 variable forcer kicker min position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Min Position]]		<u>How It works[[Image:1-12-10 variable forcer kicker min position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Min Position]]</u>

	~~<br>~~[[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker ~~nominal~~ position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - ~~Mid~~ Position]]		*Link A is connected to the Kicker and Link B with a pin.
			*Link B is free to rotate independent of the Drive Dog Pulley.
	~~[[Image:1-12-10 variable~~ force kicker ~~max position~~.~~JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Max Position]]~~		*Drive Dog pulley has a bronze bushing sleeve in it for the Link B shaft to rotate freely indepentent of the pulley.
			*The Drive Dog pulley is solid aluminum with the Drive Dog key screwed to it.
			* The Drive Dog pulley is driven by a motor clockwise.
			*As the Driver Dog pulley rotated clockwise the Drive Dog hits the side of Link B also causing it to rotate clock wise.
			*When the Link A-to-B pin is below the horizontal centerline of [[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker max position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Max Position]]the Drive Dog pulley it pulls the kicker arm back to the retracted position at the same time increasing the tension in the surgical tubing spring and stops at a position prior to Link A's center axis of the Drive Dog Pulley.
			*<u>To Fire </u>- The driver presses the fire button and the Drive Dog motor starts to rotate clockwise again  with the drive dog pulley also rotating Link B.
			*When the centerline of Link A passes by the center access of the Drive Dog Pulley the stored spring force is instantaneously released as Link B is free to "overrun" forward independent from the Drive Dog and the kicker are surges to kick the ball.

Mechanical2 at 18:07, 13 January 2010

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	<br>[[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker nominal position.JPG\|thumb\|~~right~~\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Mid Position]]		<br>[[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker nominal position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Mid Position]]

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	<br>[[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker nominal position.JPG\|thumb\|~~right~~\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Mid Position]]		<br>[[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker nominal position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Mid Position]]

	[[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker max position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Max Position]]		[[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker max position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Max Position]]

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	~~Members present:~~ Members present: Alex W.,Nathan K.,Mike Mo.,Jake K.,Mike Mac.,Chris H., Kristina K., Shauna R., Becca H., Sam _., Alex V., Tom C., Dave V., Mike W.		Members present: Alex W.,Nathan K.,Mike Mo.,Jake K.,Mike Mac.,Chris H., Kristina K., Shauna R., Becca H., Sam _., Alex V., Tom C., Dave V., Mike W.

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	<u>How It works[[Image:1-12-10 variable forcer kicker min position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Min Position]]</u>		<u>How It works[[Image:1-12-10 variable forcer kicker min position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Min Position]]</u>

	*Link A is connected to the Kicker and Link B with a pin.		*Link A is connected to the Kicker and Link B with a pin.
	*Link B is free to rotate independent of the Drive Dog Pulley.		*Link B is free to rotate independent of the Drive Dog Pulley.
	*Drive Dog pulley has a bronze bushing sleeve in it for the Link B shaft to rotate freely indepentent of the pulley.		*Drive Dog pulley has a bronze bushing sleeve in it for the Link B shaft to rotate freely indepentent of the pulley.
	*The Drive Dog pulley is solid aluminum with the Drive Dog key screwed to it.		*The Drive Dog pulley is solid aluminum with the Drive Dog key screwed to it.
	* The Drive Dog pulley is driven by a motor clockwise.		* The Drive Dog pulley is driven by a motor clockwise.
	*As the Driver Dog pulley rotated clockwise the Drive Dog hits the side of Link B also causing it to rotate clock wise.		*As the Driver Dog pulley rotated clockwise the Drive Dog hits the side of Link B also causing it to rotate clock wise.
	*When the Link A-to-B pin is below the horizontal centerline of [[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker max position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Max Position]]the Drive Dog pulley it pulls the kicker arm back to the retracted position at the same time increasing the tension in the surgical tubing spring and stops at a position prior to Link A's center axis of the Drive Dog Pulley.		*When the Link A-to-B pin is below the horizontal centerline of [[Image:1-12-10 variable force kicker max position.JPG\|thumb\|left\|400px\|Variable Force Tubing Anchor - Max Position]]the Drive Dog pulley it pulls the kicker arm back to the retracted position at the same time increasing the tension in the surgical tubing spring and stops at a position prior to Link A's center axis of the Drive Dog Pulley.
	*<u>To Fire </u>- The driver presses the fire button and the Drive Dog motor starts to rotate clockwise again  with the drive dog pulley also rotating Link B.		*<u>To Fire </u>- The driver presses the fire button and the Drive Dog motor starts to rotate clockwise again  with the drive dog pulley also rotating Link B.
	*When the centerline of Link A passes by the center access of the Drive Dog Pulley the stored spring force is instantaneously released as Link B is free to "overrun" forward independent from the Drive Dog and the kicker are surges to kick the ball.		*When the centerline of Link A passes by the center access of the Drive Dog Pulley the stored spring force is instantaneously released as Link B is free to "overrun" forward independent from the Drive Dog and the kicker are surges to kick the ball.