High Density Power Motor Team

Things the team did this week: 2 team members met in person to work on project revision other 2 members keep in contact through text Narrowed down the scope of our project Going to buy a macmotor and then work on the controls side Need to modify the motor to work on a single support This week two of our team members met with a member of the wayside team to discuss the motor specifications, as well as cost. We have decided on a 48V, 1kW motor. Mr. Swenson and David also changed our project to buying and modifying a motor instead of building one from scratch. Because of this, cost has become an issue for us, as 4 hub motors will be very expensive. The team as a whole decided to look into MAC Motors, as our mentor David has bought motors from them before and said that they are good quality, and will work well for our project. We are also looking into any potential modifications we will need to make to these motors, because the motors will take some time to get here and w...

On 09/21: 3 team members met in person in the library to work on presentation and discuss future plans of the project The last member keep in contact through a group message Presentation Sl Future plans execution: Gather information of desired motor specs Finding sponsors to fund the motor Decide on the motor (4 hub motors) Opening the hub motors and redesign it to support a single shaft.  Redesign the housing of the motor to fit better on the bogie Finalize on designs  Assembly and Manufacture Finalize products on bogie Makers Faire

For Week 2 (08/29 to 09/05): Assignments of the week: - Lightning talk group presentation (5 minutes per group) - Project proposal Our team met each other in the Library on 09/04 to work on the lightning talk group presentation. We talked about what our high power density motor (HPDM) components. Additionally, we talked about the main objectives of our project. Following the discussion on the lightning talk presentation, our group also discussed about the project proposal. After meeting: General things we talked about, things we need to research and things we need to do: Research Motor Theory Design and build inrunner HUB motor 8" diameter motor Figure out cooling system techniques for heat dissipation Do team and individual blogs

For week 3 (09/05 to 09/12): This year is the first year of the High Power Density Motor Team, so many things are still undecided. With the knowledge of what we believed was the scope of our project, we came together and created a project proposal. Our industry contact, David, keep constant communication with us in helping us narrow down what was achievable throughout this upcoming year as our senior project.