This month has been very productive for the Neigh Sayers. In the first week of October, the team visited the Equest facility. Other than discussing the requirements of our project partner, we connected to the needs of our client. Seeing the smiles of the clients of Equest, it made us more determined to work on a better version for our project. Here are a few captured moments from our visit:
After the visit, we integrated our project partner’s inputs into the design, specifically what kind of trailer base they desired. After constructing one from scratch, we performed a cost analysis on the design. Since the cost was exceeding the budget for the whole semester, we finalized a trailer base that we could buy and presented Professor Bennet with the idea. Since he gave us the go-ahead, we initiated the process to buy the following:
As far as the CAD aspect is considered, the team is finished with the CAD for both the platform and the ramp, thus meeting the deadline we had set for ourselves. Here is a hand-drawn sketch of the ramp:
Future:
Since the CAD aspect is winding up, we have to make an appointment with the Machine shop. Also, we need to finish the machine shop training in order to work at the shop. Other than that, we should have acquired the trailer base by the end of this month and run all possible simulations on the CAD design.
