High-Temperature Motor and Literature Review

Consulting with Professor David Vallancourt revealed that the use of a motor within the oven is not highly recommended, so alternative methods would have to be researched.

Weighing the selection of the aerotrim versus that of a conventional rotisserie oven, we justify the use of an aerotrim as we aim to eventually make use of less dense doughs. The use of a conventional rotisserie oven would fail in this aspect as verified through preliminary testing since a drooping effect due to gravity would occur. 

Completion of the literature review was done with all three parts taken into consideration: Literature_Review

As a result, we are currently working with a spring loaded mechanism for the motor device that can potentially be purchased through Stock Drive. 

With the Design Review I coming up, we decided to split up the work in order to prepare for the presentation.

Below are the relevant documents from the Literature Search used moving forward:
Gyroscopic Amusement Apparatus Patent
Continuous Bread Baking Article

Initial Testing and Literature Review

A meeting of all members resulted in the testing of a rotating piece of a dough. With a dense piece of dough on a skewer that was attached to a hand drill, we decided to see if rotation would have any dramatic effects on baking. After an amount of time passed for the baking process to occur, we noted that a successful crust was produced on all exposed surfaces and the dough was deemed edible by all members of the group. 

Alleviating that initial concern, we moved on to perform a literature review in which we divided into three sections:

Patent Search: Andrea Weiss and Dan Mullins 

Journal Search: Brendan Huss and Tom Kesling

Internet Search: Brian Huynh

Searching ideas for a holding mechanism, we stumbled upon the aerotrim, a gyroscope like device that spins with three rings. We believe a similar design will allow for enough degrees of rotation while hold the bread steady in the middle with minimal contact. 

The meeting concludes noting that the literature review is due on November 20, 2012.