After the December break, I was back to work. This time we were instructed to build a track out of wood and plastic, which started
at 3 cm and ended at 3 cm height. This tracks aim was to support a pin pong ball from the start to the finish. This might make you think, 'how is this related to product deign engineering?' This exercise allows us to understand the small projects a designer must perform in order to present their capabilities to their client. Each group's track had a specific theme, ours was space therefore our team name was interstellar. Another condition that we had to follow that we could only use air pressure as an energy form which is why we use hair dryers. This project required time and effort and the track did work but sometimes it did not which goes on to show that products can be unpredictable. However a designer must test the product to ensure that it works and performs the required action every time.
at 3 cm and ended at 3 cm height. This tracks aim was to support a pin pong ball from the start to the finish. This might make you think, 'how is this related to product deign engineering?' This exercise allows us to understand the small projects a designer must perform in order to present their capabilities to their client. Each group's track had a specific theme, ours was space therefore our team name was interstellar. Another condition that we had to follow that we could only use air pressure as an energy form which is why we use hair dryers. This project required time and effort and the track did work but sometimes it did not which goes on to show that products can be unpredictable. However a designer must test the product to ensure that it works and performs the required action every time.
Below are some sketches of the track design, Along with images and videos.
OVERVIEW OF THE TRACK
FRONT VIEW
TOP VIEW
SOLAR SYSTEM
ROCKET
BLACK HOLE
LAUNCH PAD
Models by: Ellie, Ahana, Will, Eugene, EmmaThe link below will take you the video of the final test where all the groups tracks were connected together. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OSgBcU4flOE&feature=youtu.be
This was an interesting project, it forced us to do before thinking.
- Ahana Kothari
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