Week 8 - Updates

The physical deliverable for the project is still being worked on. After a discussion with one of the machinists from the machine shop, it was decided that the inner rim of the ballast tank did not need to be removed because the the pipe threading is efficient enough on its own. The ballast tank was completed at the machine shop. Below is a picture of the finished ballast tank.

The ballast tank and the PVC pipes were primed with purple PVC primer and glued together with PVC cement.

 The Purple PVC Primer is shown above and was applied using the brush attached to the inside of the lid.

 The PVC Cement Glue is shown above and was applied in the same manner as the primer.


Below are pictures of our group priming and gluing together the PVC pipes, elbows and endcaps in the submersible frame and the ballast tank.

Attaching the ballast system to the submersible frame, adjusting the motors after testing, and figuring out the ideal water level within the tank are the only tasks that remain for week 9.

 Due dates for the presentation and the final report are coming up. There were no specifications made by our instructor concerning the layout or content when discussed with her. Therefore, our group has decided to generally organize the report in the same format as the template used in our prior engineering courses.