Product Viability
- Has your team acquired the math, science, and engineering knowledge necessary to properly design your product? Yes, my partner and I have gone over all the nessaccary math we need for our product, the scienece that's involved with the product: circuits, wiring and the mechincal engineering that is involved with the product. The inform that we still need we are currently asking for help with from our mentors and other people of that particalar field.
- Have you contacted experts in order to gain the necessary knowledge or obtain assistance with the parts of the design that your team is not well equipped to perform? Yes we have through our mentor and the help of a local teachers we have been able to contact local experts in the fields we need help with such as Hardwire, Altantic Plumbing and other bussiness.
- Loads. How will loads be transferred from the environment to your product, and how will loads be transferred within your product? Our product will exposed to loads such as weather change, weight change and the change of the product moving around.
- Will the loads be static (unchanging) or dynamic (changing)? Our product loads will be dynamic because of the different sizes and shapes of people.
- How can you calculate the loads? We can expermint with the metal that we gather to calculate the loads that might occur on our product.
- Will the components of your product be able to withstand the magnitude of these loads? Yes it will with the right malfacturing.
- Materials. Will your choice of materials withstand the test of time? Our choice of matericals will withstand the loads that will occur with the product but after the long time of withstanding the loads the materical will probably have to be change.
- Will the density/weight of the materials adversely affect your design? Yes it could depending if the density and weight is more than what we expected.
- Will mechanical properties of your materials provide sufficient strength, stiffness, and abrasion resistance? Yes our materical will.
- Will the material be able to withstand repetitive loading without premature failure? Yes with the right protective of of the matericals that we will make it should be able to withstand being used multiple times.
- Will the material operate well within the range of temperatures to which the product will be subjected? Yes it will the materical that we are using has withstand plenty of heat.
- How will the material react to sunlight, temperature variations, chemicals to which it will be exposed? The sunlight, temperature and chemicals involved with our project should not effect it.
- Mechanical Engineering. Does your design require an input of heat or mechanical power? Yes our project requires mechanical power, batteries and motors.
- Are there moving parts in your design? Yes we have moving arms in our project.
- What simple machines are employed in the design? There are no simple machines in our product.
- Will all the components of your product interact effectively? Yes they will.
- Will the loads be efficiently transferred from part to part? The weight load of the product will only effect one part of the product. The main part that goes into the porta potty.
- Do all the parts move at an ideal speed? Yes, the amount of time that people spend on the product may vary but the parts will all move at the ideal speed after each person.
- Energy. Does your product require an input of energy? Yes, it requires batteries.
- In what form is the energy supplied? The enegry is suppiled in electrical form.
- How is it converted by your product to produce the desired output? Through the wiring of the product the electrical current is converted through the project.
- Chemical/Bio Engineering. Does your design involve conversion of raw materials to another form during manufacture or use? No it doesn't. What chemical or biological transformations are involved in the process(es)? None.
- Electrical Engineering. Will your design involve electricity, electronics, control systems, telecommunications, or computers? Yes our project will involve electricity, control system and computers How will these systems be integrated into your design?
- Have you researched laws, codes, and regulations that could potentially impact your design? Do you feel that your team has met its ethical responsibility for technical expertise related to the design of your product? If not, perform additional research at this time. Revise your product design as necessary.
Product lifecycle flowchart
summary
For this part of the project, we had to determine the lifecycle for our product. We had to go through the five stages that our product would go through if it were out there to be used by the consumer.
pre-manufacturing
a.What raw materials or components are used in this stage of the product life cycle?
Plastic, Rubber, Stainless Steel
b.Where are the raw materials/components obtained? How are they obtained?
They will be obtained from companies in America that sells these raw materials.
c.What is the final form of the product at this stage?
The materials are in the shape that they need to be in but the parts are not yet assembled.
d.What type(s) of fuels/energy are used at this stage of the life cycle?
Only the energy needed to power the machines that will shape the raw materials.
e.What wastes result from the use of fuels/energy at this stage?
No waste results from the use of fuels or enery at this stage.
f.Are any chemical/solvents, biological agents, or toxins/carcinogens used during this stage?
No.
g.Does waste result from the process(es) during this stage? Are the wastes hazardous? Are the wastes solid, gaseous, or liquid?
No waste results from the processes during this stage.
h.What happens to the waste? Is the waste reused? If not, can it somehow be reused?
There is no waste.
i.How are the raw materials/components/products transported during this stage?
They will be driven by trucks.
j.How far are the raw materials/components/products of this stage transported?
From the companies that sell the materials to the factory.
k.Can more environmentally friendly forms of transportation be used?
No
Plastic, Rubber, Stainless Steel
b.Where are the raw materials/components obtained? How are they obtained?
They will be obtained from companies in America that sells these raw materials.
c.What is the final form of the product at this stage?
The materials are in the shape that they need to be in but the parts are not yet assembled.
d.What type(s) of fuels/energy are used at this stage of the life cycle?
Only the energy needed to power the machines that will shape the raw materials.
e.What wastes result from the use of fuels/energy at this stage?
No waste results from the use of fuels or enery at this stage.
f.Are any chemical/solvents, biological agents, or toxins/carcinogens used during this stage?
No.
g.Does waste result from the process(es) during this stage? Are the wastes hazardous? Are the wastes solid, gaseous, or liquid?
No waste results from the processes during this stage.
h.What happens to the waste? Is the waste reused? If not, can it somehow be reused?
There is no waste.
i.How are the raw materials/components/products transported during this stage?
They will be driven by trucks.
j.How far are the raw materials/components/products of this stage transported?
From the companies that sell the materials to the factory.
k.Can more environmentally friendly forms of transportation be used?
No