Scribbled down at our various meetings...

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10/29/00

• Worked on midpoint review presentation

11/13/00

• Concepts

  • Keep washer/extractor separate, change tubs to plastic

    • Separate pieces of plastic, sealed together

    • Mold entire thing and make partitions

    • Mold entire thing with partitions already molded into it

    • Three separate tubs with prongs to assemble them

    • Change control panel to plastic

    • Bolt plastic body to frame or bend

  • Combine washer and extractor

  • Keep control panel same shape or make square instead of bending

• Things to find out:

  • Thickness of plastic needed

  • How much water will be fed into tub

• Things to do the rest of the week:

  • Call suppliers

11/14/00

• Questions for suppliers

  • Processing costs: are the different mold shapes cheaper

• Notes from clients

  • Concept 4: two tubs, water tight middle tub

  • Concept 3: looks expensive

  • Concept 2: low assembly cost, moderate tooling cost

  • Hot polypropylene glue (plastic welding)

  • Concept 1: good concept

  • Plastic must be able to support electrical housings without combusting (ETL rating)

  • Manifold system for water inlet

  • Find other ideas for water distributing system (if necessary)

  • Find out about Fiber-Reinforced Composites Association

11/20/00

• Coming up with a new timeline & schedule

• Coming up with new work break down structure

• Break up tasks:

  • Call suppliers(costs, ETL rating)

  • Do more research on the plastics

  • Labor study: complete

• Things to include in report

• Things to include in presentation

11/28/00

• Additional research on plastics

• Worked on final report and Pro-E drawings

11/29/00

• Finalize final report and presentation

• Practice final presentation

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