About

This page is the official blog for the solar team of the Spartan Superway summer 2017 internship. Our team consists of Colin Ilas, Jr., Alberto Lopez, and Nahom Tulu. Together, we will research and design the solar components for the Spartan Superway. We will decide the parts that will best fit into our needs, as well as design a mounting and racking system that is aesthetically pleasing, easily accessible, and durable. Each week we will update this blog with our findings and ideas, and hopefully create a final design that satisfies all the requirements.

Our collective efforts can be found on this blog and our individual contributions can be found at Colin's blog, Alberto's blog, and Nahom's blog.

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Week 4: Solar Panel Mount Design

Solar Team: Panel Mount Design This week, the solar team worked on coming up with different designs for the solar panel mount. Each member created different designs. The designs were created to follow the following Targets: not drilling into the L-beam, using only sheet metal and aesthetically pleasing. We presented our designs on thursday to the whole Spartan Superway and based on the feedback we got, we have started making improvements to our design. Claude has also shared new files with us, that shows us what kind of designs we should be thinking about.  
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Week 8: Last week

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The solar team was working on demonstrating the loading process of the solar module and mount with animation but couldn't complete it. We attempted to use SolidWorks to show the mounting process as it was important to show for future solar teams. Another thing the solar team worked on was writing our final report. We gathered all the research and final design to compile for future teams. We uploaded all the CAD files as well as our report on to the Spartan Superway archive.
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Week 7 - Solar Racking System Design Continued

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This week we continued working on multipe racking system designs. Different ideas for mounting the vertical panels will continue to be tested in the near future. The racking system above allows for three solar panels to be mounted in a row using L-Brackets and T-Brackets connected to the main strutcure. The beam at the center of the rack allows for the two trusses to be connected. It also allows for solar panels to be mounted on the top and clamped on eventually. 
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