User:UsKhalid/ENES-100/project 1/Week1 CDIO

Problem Statement
To look up for the designs of clamps, and bolts and nuts, and then print them on the makerbot.

Designing the Implementation Process
While a lot of key aspects were accomplished during building the big strandbeest by the students of Fall 2012, several parts were left incomplete. The legs on the rail do not stay in place. To keep them in place, something like clamps, and bolts and nuts had to be used.

Test, Verification, Validation, and Certification
The clamps were tested and they perfectly fitted on the PVC pipe. After screwing the clamp tightly on the PVC with the help of a bolt and nut, the clamp was tried to move but it did not move from its place.

Next Steps
A lot of important key points were accomplished during this process and a success was achieved. The next steps include:
 * Printing more clamps for all of the legs of the strandbeest. There are 6 legs right now, so 12 clamps will need to be printed.
 * More bolts and nuts will have to be printed. As the total number of the legs of the strandbeest right now are 6, so 12 bolts and 24 nuts will have to be printed because the bolt is without the head so a nut is to be used on the both ends of the bolt.
 * The makerbot does not print the object perfectly at a certain height and does not put enough material on the object, so a solution has to be found to make it work on heights.