- Reverse engineering: A strategy used to find answers to questions about an existing product that are used in the design of another product.
For this our first project of the year, we started with bringing in an object that we could sketch take sketches of before and after it was broken apart. Once we fully disassembled our own objects, we got put into groups of four and had to chose one the four objects, and fully dive into it.
Once we got into work, we decided to split the work up between the four of us. I was chosen to the material part. I had to analyze the physical structure of the object. Figure out what each material was. How the company manufactured it. And possibly why they chose each material. |
The Fan
Our group went with Kendalls object, the fan. This fan was from the early 2000's. Manufactured by Hampton Bay, this fan has been discontinued and there isn't much information about it. We took a part the fan, and created a slide show and a final report on our work.
What we came up with
As you can see in the document below, it outlines what our group came up with in our final report. Below that, you can see the slideshow.
The flaws
With every project, comes flaws. For this project, one of the main flaws was that since this fan was so old there was no background research or anything on it. We basically had to assume everything on our own.
Terms
- Invention -something new.
- Innovation -improving on something that already exists .
- Functional Analysis -the function of different part and how they work together, and why they work together.
- Structural Analysis -analysis that deals with how the parts are supported and connected together, and the purpose of each part.
- Materials Analysis -what materials were used and why they were used.
- Manufacturing Analysis -how the product was made, what raw materials were made into the finished product.
Reflection
This project was actually very interesting, and opened a new idea of engineering to me. Doing things backwards and asking why each thing was placed in that specific spot, or why a certain material. I never really had that kind of mindset going into a lot of my projects, and now after doing this, I feel like I learned a lot more about the actual fan, not only that. But more long lasting education on that. I felt like switching things up for a change made a big impact on me actually remembering the knowledge. A couple of things I would saw I improved on was time management. Our group used a Gantt chart, and that definitely helped us execute everything we needed, and on time. Another thing I improved on was my research tactics. I've always been able to research, but now looking up more key words to get exactly what I was teaching for really helped.
Somethings I did negatively could be the slide show. They're could have been more pictures spread out through the slides, and it could have been more in depth on each slide. Possibly goingindepth more on each subsystem, and adding schematics. Overall this was a great first project, and a fun start to my senior year.
Somethings I did negatively could be the slide show. They're could have been more pictures spread out through the slides, and it could have been more in depth on each slide. Possibly goingindepth more on each subsystem, and adding schematics. Overall this was a great first project, and a fun start to my senior year.