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==House of Quality== | ==House of Quality== | ||
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| + | In the first phase of our project, we analyzed a competitor's product -- the Razor A Scooter -- for its manufacturing and assembly design, failure modes, and environmental effect. The Razor scooter had a few areas of improvement, including minimization of unnecessary parts, standardization of components, creation of multifunctional parts, decreasing of secondary & finishing operations, and ease of handling of parts for assembly in DFMA. The three main possible failure modes we foresaw were hard braking causing deterioration of the wheels, the wheel axle bending due to excess weight or stress, and the collapsing mechanism getting stuck due to environmental factors. From a DFE standpoint, the environmental impact of use is negligible, so the main areas of improvement were in using more environmentally friendly materials, and eliminating manufacturing processes to save energy during production. | ||
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| + | In our final design, we have improved on these shortcomings. ... | ||
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House of Quality
Design Analysis
In the first phase of our project, we analyzed a competitor's product -- the Razor A Scooter -- for its manufacturing and assembly design, failure modes, and environmental effect. The Razor scooter had a few areas of improvement, including minimization of unnecessary parts, standardization of components, creation of multifunctional parts, decreasing of secondary & finishing operations, and ease of handling of parts for assembly in DFMA. The three main possible failure modes we foresaw were hard braking causing deterioration of the wheels, the wheel axle bending due to excess weight or stress, and the collapsing mechanism getting stuck due to environmental factors. From a DFE standpoint, the environmental impact of use is negligible, so the main areas of improvement were in using more environmentally friendly materials, and eliminating manufacturing processes to save energy during production.
In our final design, we have improved on these shortcomings. ...
