Progress Update and What's to Come
Over the period of Feb. 5, 2021 - Feb 19, 2021 , Team 36 spoke with the MECE 3D printing lab about printing the autonomous fire-fighting device’s heat shield and it was decided that due to the dimensions of the shield it would be better to have the shield made through the machinist , Jamar Murray . A meeting was conducted with the machinist to develop a course of action in ordering an appropriate material and getting it to him to have the shield created before March 8 th . The material that was decided for the shield was Aluminum and it was ordered through https://www.mcmaster.com/89015K169/ . Large straws with corrugated joint s and smooth insides , which allowed for 120-degree movement and low friction to mitigate loss in powder velocity through the device’s nozzle were also obtained . Regarding the device’s code , the devic...