Blog 8
This post will outline the team's current progress with the project. From March 11th to March 23 rd , the team encountered a problem with the project. The team initially had a meeting with the VP of engineering at Sulzer to finalize the proposed design documents. After review, it was expressed to the team that the document was sufficient and necessary parts needed to be machined or purchased. However, an engineer at Sulzer reached out to the team and expressed an issue with the initial problem statement given to the team on March 18 th . It was stated that the initial expressed RPM range given to the team was incorrect and the new RPM range was higher by 10 percent. The team then had to recalculate the initial data to the new specifications. After finalizing the team's calculations, the team resubmitted an updated design proposal to the VP of engineering. However, the team did not receive feedback or meeting times. The team continuously reached out to Sulzer to set up various