Figure 1: Team Member Chris Muhrer demonstrates the gearbox design
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Figure 2: Well-Plate Design |
Each gear speed was tested this week. Figure 1 displays all of the speeds that the electrospinner achieved. This week, the group worked on designing a well plate using Pro/ENGINEER. Figure 2 displays the well plate design as of week 5. The group focused on making the well plate adjustable in height with the addition of protrutions that connected to the supporting rods of the electrospinner. Additionally, two holes were included in the design to prevent the copper wire from shifting during experimentation. Further tweaks were made to the gearbox, finalizing its design as well. In the coming weeks, the groups hopes to print the well-plate design with ABS plastic using a 3-D printer and begin to perform lab tests in order to determine the effectiveness of the design changes.
