156B Week 9

Overview of Status of Analysis, Design, Fabrication, Tests, etc.

• • Silicone research (Contact: Seal Science, Inc)

    • Commercial Grade, Premium Grade, FDA Grade

    • Custom molding

      • $5-6 per pound of Silicone

      • Cost is mostly in the time (labor, machine runtime, etc.)

Accomplishments from Previous Week

• • Penguin 4.0 (with OXO lid) printed

  • Car 2.85 (with OXO lid) printed

Goals for Next Week (list names after each item). Use specific and measurable objectives.

• • Ebrahim: Fix Car with input ideas from Ursula

  • Emmanuel: Fix Penguin with input ideas from Ursula

  • Jinfeng: Order a larger suction cup overnight, over 100 mm (will not be silicone, but for functional and demonstration purposes)

  • Nima:

Sponsor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • 5/28/12

  • Develop agenda for meeting with EuroStyle and D&D

    • http://www.eurostyle.com - Ursula Cohen

    • Presentation of design process (Car, Penguin, Butterfly)

    • Penguin Lid - Twist-lock or Oxo?

    • Suction cup - Silicone material (Prince Lionheart)

    • Suction cup integration - Semi-permanent

    • Two suction cups or stoppers

  • 5/30/12 (Meeting with Ursula Cohen from Eurostyle)

    • Eating compartments need to be deeper if the baby tray is meant for baby to self-feed later

    • Remove "sharp" edges from Penguin outline, make it more abstract

    • Emphasis that suction cup needs to work really well

      • Debate of 1 or 2 suction cups, larger size

    • Round corners on the Car, so that lid will work

Instructor Comments from Last Meeting and Actions Taken to Address these Comments  (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • 5/29/12

  • List pros and cons for design decisions made in report

  • Rethink the requirement for a flat lid, relax a little on that to open up more options

Comments from Other Students in the Class (indicate date of comments and if via email or in person)

• • N/A

Risks and Areas of Concern

• • Suction cup integration. If not threaded, what are possible solutions?

    • Slot

    • Barb

  • Robust suction cup performance; needs to work very well, all the time.

Resources or Information Required but not Available

• • N/A

Schedule

• • Describe upcoming milestone

  • Update Gantt chart.

Budget (list amount spent and amount remaining)

• • $322.65 spent, $677.35 remaining

    • Outsourced final 3D print will cost about $400

Progress on Report and Webpage

• • Finished 2nd draft of report and website, need to update with final design decisions