Lamp stand mechanical arm redesign
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Executive Summary
Stakeholders
- Consumer
- Low cost option relative to utility obtained from product
- Precise placement of light source can be obtained throughout the life of the lamp.
- Stable fixture for light source
- Eliminate the need to touch hot surfaces while lamp is in use
- No assembly required. If it is required no tooling or instructions required
- Movement of light source can be obtained with minimal force needed.
- Aesthetically appealing
- No injury incurred while using lamp
- Maximum brightness of light source to illuminate large area
- Light source (bulb or LED) should not be visible to the user during normal use
- Easy on/off mechanism
- Long cord, but short enough so it does not cause too much apparent clutter.
- Light weight and easy to transport
- Packaging with sufficient information to ensure product can meet needs of customer
- Manufacturing
- Meeting tolerances set by designer
- Decrease variation when manufacturing part
- Safety of the shop floor is maximized, while keeping costs as low as possible and completing parts in a reasonable time frame
- Should choose the machinery to manufacture part since they have the most experience with the manufacturing process
- Matching the capability of the machinery to the requirements for the part to avoid excess cost
- Minimize the number of steps in the manufacturing process and creating easy transitions from one manufacturing process to the next
- Assembly and Packaging
- Efficient assembly procedure in place
- Clear instructions on how to assemble
- Minimal variety of tooling used
- Since tooling is cheap, have a supply of back up tooling
- Ensure correct tool is used for the task at hand. For example ensure the screwdriver can fit perfectly into the screw’s head
- Create a testing scheme to ensure the quality of the product released to the public.
- minimize the volume the product takes up to decrease size of container
- Minimize weight to decrease shipping cost
- Provide labels on package such that consumer can quickly identify if the product can meet the need of the consumer
- Retail
- Small packaging to allow for less space taken up on the shelf
- Light weight for easy movement
- No fork lift required for movement of product in bulk
- Low bulk purchase cost
- Reliable to ensure minimal product returns or exchanges
Results of Research
Opportunities Identified
Patent Search & Key Findings
Links to Existing Patents
Please put some pros and cons for each
Key Ideas
This section should include things like...most of the designs address issue X, but don't address issue Y
Description of Solutions
Modular Base
Positive Features
Negative Features
Market Analysis
Gwendolynn this is your part here. Here put things like how for the touch switch the elderly would like this a lot & for the modular one that each extra module could add more possibilities for extra clients
Goose neck Lamp
Positive Features
Negative Features
Market Analysis
Magnetic Base with Current
Positive Features
Negative Features
Market Analysis
Ceramic Lamp Shade
Positive Features
Negative Features
Market Analysis
Pugh Chart
Compares the solutions we came up with to the base model & the patent search results
