So, the tool modifications will be done by Feb. 11 and returned to MCA shortly thereafter. Meanwhile, MCA is still awaiting delivery from GE of the new batch of Xenoy resin, which has an expected delivery during the week of Feb. 8-12. After the Xenoy is in-house it will need to be dried while the tools are inspected and mounted on the presses before the initial production run can begin. Order for plastic was placed last Friday. We expect a significant delay now, during which we'll continue to measure and extensively test the first-article parts.
Detailed issues are mainly to do with secondary operations fine-tuning.
Here is a drawing of an example of the type of screw we'll be using for all purposes with the domes. Different sizes of these will be used. Furthermore, MCA will put assembly instruction pages in the box with each dome. Still, the main bottleneck is in receiving a proper 'natural' Xenoy 2730U batch from GE Plastics. Also, MCA reported a personnel change that effects our contacts there, but no change in project progress is expected to result from this.