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09/04/14

The printing files were adjusted for next class' print. Our group received a tutorial from one of the TA's in how to setup the printing settings and programing new specifications.

09/09/14

The "Big Red" printer used had a broken pulley. Our idea for the next class was to print a pulley which had a greater material strength. In order to do that, we configured the printer settings so that the temperature and the diameter of the filament was adjusted.

09/11/14

The printer we were handling had a variety of heating problems. The printer we were using, in this case Beta, did not maintain a fixed heating temperature of 190 Celsius.

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09/16/14

The gold printer was broken. The z axis was fixed by our team member Luiz Southier.


09/18/14

The professor hosted a presenter who showed his experiences in additive manufacturing. Several General Design principles were presented in order to make new components.