CNC Router Assembly:
The undergraduate team assembled this router and look forward to using it on projects.
A Ph.D. candidate from the UTD Mechanics of Materials Lab in ECSW is working with the undergraduate project team to fabricate test samples using the CNC router in the project workshop. This work relates to graduate research on new composite materials.
When such a collaboration occurs naturally, everyone wins: the undergraduate team, the graduate student, the faculty, and the labs. We always look forward to such great things to happen.
An interesting lesson learned during this process is to add an orange acrylic sheet under the piece, which is to be cut. When the router picks up orange dust, the team can tell that the cut is 100% complete.
- Spring 2022 report by the UTD team
- Spring 2022 maintenance instructions by the UTD team
- Spring 2022 operating instructions by the UTD team
The team initially used a vacuum to remove dust while cutting the new composite material. However, the fine dust escaped the filter into the workshop. To hold the dust from floating into the room, a subsequent team built a containment box. The CAD rendering was provided for approval.
The complete containment box was built. The team used brazing to hold the joints and also applied rivets in some locations.
- This is the Fall 2022 enclosure fabrication report.
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