Product Introduction

Product: Hamilton Beach 12-Cup Coffee Maker

Executive Summary

Major Product Needs for Major Stakeholders

Product Use Study

Parts List

The following table is a list of all the parts that come out of the coffeemaker. The picture below is an exploded view of our coffeemaker with all the components shown and labeled.

Bill of Materials

The following is a table of individual components, assemblies and certain off the shelf parts that we took apart during our dissection process of the coffeemaker.

Part Number	Name	QTY	Function	Material	Manufacturing Process	Image
1	Cubic Peg for Metal Strip	1	Holds the metal strip that goes around the glass container	Plastic	Injection Molding
2	Screw for the Glass Container	1	Tighten up the metal strip	Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
3	Lid for the Glass Container	1	Lid of the Glass Container	Plastic	Injection Molding
4	Metal Strip for the Glass Container	1	Goes around the glass container	Aluminum	Rolling and Machining
5	Handle for the Glass Container	1	Handle of the glass container	Plastic	Injection Molding
6	Filter Lever	1	A spring controlled lever within the filter that allows the boiled coffee to go into the glass container	Plastic	Injection Molding
7	Filter Spring	1	Attached to the filter lever and controls and coffee flow	Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
8	White Filter Rubber Piece	1	Cover of a hole within the filter	Rubber	Injection Molding
9	Filter	1	Perform as a intermediate container for the boiled water and ground coffee	Plastic	Injection Molding
10	Plastic Lid	1	Lid for the coffeemaker	Plastic	Injection Molding
11	Cardboard Piece	1	Covers the area of thermal paste that applied onto the heater	Cardboard	Standard Purchase Part
12	Bottom Screws	5	Tighten the bottom lid with the bottom half of the coffeemaker	Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
13	Plastic Bottom Lid	1	Cover for base of the coffeemaker	Plastic	Injection Molding
14	Plastic Ring	1	Holds two rubber tubes in position	Plastic	Injection Molding
15	Insulator Rubber Band	1	Insulation for the heater plate	Rubber	Injection Molding
16	Heater Plate	1	Keeps the glass container heated and in place	Aluminum	Casting
17	Heater Plate Screw	1	Attach the heater plate to the bottom lid of the coffeemaker	Steel	Standard Purchase Part
18	Rectangular Lid Piece	1	Supports the coffeemaker lid when it is open	Plastic	Injection Molding
19	Rubber Tube Rings	4	Tighten and put the tubes in place	Copper	Machining
20	Heater Bar	1	Holds the heater in place	Aluminum	Extrusion and Machining
21	Heater	1	Heats both the water and the container	Aluminum	Casting
22	Resistor Piece	1	Part of the heater circuit	Assembly	Standard Purchase Part
23	Little Screw for Plastic Wire Piece	2		Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
24	Slightly Larger Screw for Heater	1		Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
25	Nut for Heater Screw	1	Holds the heater in position within the coffeemaker	Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
26	Plastic Piece for Wires	1	Functions as a connector for the wires that go into the heater	Plastic	Injection Molding
27	Smaller Screw	5		Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
28	Washer for Smaller Screw	5		Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
29	Top-Bottom Connection Screw	3	Connect the top and bottom half of the coffeemaker	Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
30	Lid Lever	1	Supports the lid	Plastic	Injection Molding
31	Plastic Volume Meter	1	Meter of the coffeemaker	Plastic	Injection Molding
32	Lid Hinge Connected to Tubes	1	Connection between the lid and tubes	Plastic	Injection Molding
33	Transparent Tube	1		Rubber	Injection molding
34	Opaque Tube	2		Rubber	Injection molding
35	Red Ball	1	Part of the valve in the opaque tube	Plastic	Injection Molding
36	Base of Switch	1	Base of the switch	Plastic	Standard Purchase Part
37	Switch	1	Control on/off of the coffeemaker	Plastic	Injection Molding
38	Tiny Spring	1	Part of the switch	Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
39	Tiny Piece from the Switch	1	Part of the switch	Plastic	Standard Purchase Part
40	Red Heating Connection	2		Rubber	Standard Purchase Part	Image:Red Heating Connection.jpg
41	Wires Coming out from the Heater	2		Rubber and Copper	Standard Purchase Part
42	White Capacitor Screw	2	Put the capacitor in place	Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
43	Washer for Capacitor Screw	2	Washer for screw	Aluminum	Standard Purchase Part
44	N label	1	Label negative of the circuit	plastic tape	Standard Purchase Part
45	Switch with Three Wires	1	Inside part of the switch	Assembly	Standard Purchase Part
46	Blue Wire	1			Standard Purchase Part
47	White Wire	1			Standard Purchase Part
48	Black Wire	1			Standard Purchase Part
49	Glass Container	1	Coffee Container	Glass	Glass Blowing
50	Top Part of Body	1	Top half of the coffeemaker	Plastic	Injection Molding
51	Bottom Part of Body	1	Bottom half of the coffeemaker	Plastic	Injection Molding