Tropical Escape began final production runs the Wednesday before Thanksgiving, November 20th. Our final 'B's  were produced!

To try get rid of dishing, we went over different parameters and increased the speed profile, increased the hold time, and played with decreasing the cooling time. The final numbers used were the following:

60 pieces were produced.

The stockline overmolds were also made!

For both pieces (B and stockline), the original color was intended to be gold (deviating from our original CAD design) because we believed it would provide portray a classier, more polished look. However, its contrast with the black was barely noticeable, so, we decided to switch back to a lime yellow color.

For our snap fits, we had fixed our design from last time because the inner diameter was too small to fit with our overmolded parts. However this time, it was too big by forty thousands (0.40").

We have been able to advance in preparing our spacers, by increasing 0.25" inner diameters by around one thousands. 71 of these have been fabricated and are ready to go. Our last piece of the project is the thermoformed packaging. Various iterations were performed last Friday to test parameters, and we are having some trouble getting the two halves of the packaging to stay together. We will be re-machining a new mold to adjust for this.

Next week is our last week for full production, as the final presentations will be Wednesday, December 12th. Our schedule for next week is:

More updates coming the following week!

Team Tropical Escape!