23-Mar-05 to End of Project
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- Received performance data from client
- Final website update to be completed by April 11,
2005
- Putty and sanding completed to achieve a better
surface finish
- Painting of blades completed by Gaski Boats
- Mechanical testing of our blades completed
- Passed inspection
- Built crate in which to ship our two blades plus a
fiberglass blade to the Atlantic Wind Test Site (AWTS)
- Shipped blades to AWTS via Day & Ross truck
- Visited AWTS on PEI and successfully installed our
blades on a Wenvor wind turbine
- Awaiting performance data from client
- Both blades have been assembled
- Fiberglass application has been completed by Gaski
Boats
- Sanding and preparation for paint application is in
progress
- Trip to Atlantic Wind Test Site scheduled for the
weekend of 18- to 20-Mar-05
- Completed machining all four billets at Mattatall
Signs
- Added carbon fiber strips to top and bottom surfaces
of each billet, using a vacuum-bag technique
- Glued one blade together (after installation of
the lightening rod and cable)
- Confirmed Gaski Boats as outside source for
fiberglass application and painting
- Faring in preparation for fiberglass
application is in progress
- Set up first billet at Mattatall Signs and worked
out bugs in NC-file; roughing near completion
- Planed billet to new depths to reduce machining time
- Built two wood billets (top- and bottom-half sections of
the blade)
- Received carbide tool bits
- Engineered wood arrived on 31-Jan-05
- Built a polystyrene billet as a 'practice' model
- Built 16-foot table as a flat surface to support
wood billets while epoxy cures
- Completed finite element analysis
of final blade design
- Completed manufacturing model
- Completed billet model
- Verified functionality of our NC-files at Mattatall
Signs using LVL sample sections
- Submitted Build Proposal
- Ordered engineered wood - specifically Microllam (LVL)
strips - from Trus Joist (Georgia, US)
- Verified compatibility of our NC-files with the AXYZ
Automation router at Mattatall Signs (Burnside
Industrial Park)
End of Fall Term to 31-Dec-04
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