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Circle Of Life
Introduction to Engineering Design 100 Section: 204, Design Team 4
Submitted By: Madison Giessel, Juliana Suvorov, Rose Gitterman, Harry HighleyGergel, Seth Goldberg
Submitted To: Xinli Wu Summer 2015 Scale 1:1
http://personal.psu.edu/sjg5523/CircleOfLife.pdf
Table of Contents
Cover Page……………………………………………(Juliana Suvorov)
Abstract……………………………………………...ii (Madison Geissel)
Introduction Page……………………………………..1 (Seth Goldberg)
Description of Design Task…………..……....2 (Harry HighleyGergel)
Customer Needs Assessment……………….…….3 (Rose Gitterman)
Working Drawings……….………………..…...4(Harry HighleyGergel)
Gantt Chart…………………………………...…….…..5(Seth Goldberg)
Concept Generation………………….……..……….6(Rose Gitterman)
Design Selection Matrices…………..………....7(Harry HighleyGergel)
Design Features…………………………….….….. 8 (Juliana Suvorov)
Operating Instructions………………….…………...9 (Rose Gitterman)
Working Mechanism…………………….………..10 (Madison Geissel)
Cost Analysis………………………….……………..11 (Seth Goldberg)
Conclusion…………………………….…………….12 (Juliana Suvorov)
Abstract
The Circle of Life is an innovative, easy way for people to make dumplings with the push of a button. For under $200, this product can produce up to 10 dumplings per minute by traveling on a circular track to reduce size. This machine is available for both household and commercial use.
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Introduction This report documents the process we took to design and create an affordable and efficient dumpling maker. We accomplished this task by collaborating our ideas and narrowing them down to one that met the design specifications and criteria given to us.
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Description of Design Task
Problem Statement There are not many good quality, affordable dumpling makers available for household use. People need a safe and efficient way to make dumplings, pierogis, and anything similar in their own homes. Mission Statement Team Four’s objective is to invent an automatic dumpling maker whose material cost does not surpass $200 and can produce more than 10 dumplings a minute. This will give consumers the ability to produce homemade dumplings with an affordable and efficient machine. Design Specifications ● Automatic or semiautomatic machine ● Produce no less than 10 dumplings per minute ● Cost should not exceed $200 ● Should be safe to use, easy to maintain, and dishwasher safe
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Customer Needs After asking several customers coming from Chinese restaurant, Maki Yaki, our group put together the following answers to our questions ● What do you desire in a dumpling maker?
○ Most people that we talked to discussed that if they were to have a dumpling maker, they would want it to be very easy to maintain as well as more efficient than doing it by hand. They liked the idea of having a rounded dumpling maker in order to save space because they wouldn’t want the bulkiness of a machine in their house.
● What would be a concern of yours with buying a dumpling
maker? ○ The biggest concern for most was the problem of cleaning the
machine after use. They didn’t want a difficult time of having to take it apart and cleaning each part. Concern again was also brought up with the size and weight of the machine. Even when used in a restaurant , they didn’t like the thought of heavy lifting or the struggling to move it around.
● What would be some features that you want a dumpling maker
to have? ○ A combination of the features that the customers wanted
included: removable parts, dishwasher safe material, energy efficient, automatic, appealing to look at.
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Working Drawings
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Gantt Chart
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Concept Generation
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Design Feature Our group’s dumpling maker, the Circle of Life, is a circular shaped conveyor belt that visits four different stations to create the perfect dumpling. With eight removable clamps built into the belt, the Circle of Life has the ability to make over 10 dumplings per minute as well as being easy to clean. Starting with the dough, a stainless steel blade cuts the premade dough to a perfect amount directly into the clamp that then travels to the pounder that compresses the ball of dough to that right consistency for the dumpling. The conveyor belt takes to dough to the filler that releases a measured out amount of filling into the center of the shell that then gets closed by the clamp and swept off by a brush onto a plate. Because the clamps are built into the conveyor belt, the dough starts and ends in the clamp to make it simple to move throughout the machine.
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Operation Instructions
1. Fill the funnel with premade dough. 2. Fill the other funnel with filling. 3. Push a button to start the machine.
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Working Mechanism For our design, we made it go onto a circular track that travels around to four stations that all do different things. After both the dough and filling containers are filled, the machine is ready to be turned on. The clamps are aligned with each station so that they are ready as soon as the machine is turned on by the button. The dough is first cut and dropped onto the clamp at the first station and goes to the second station where it’s pounded into shape. The conveyor belt moves the shaped dough to the filling station that drops the measured filling onto the middle of the dough. The clamp then shuts the dumpling closed and a brush sweeps the completed dumpling onto a slide to bring it off the machine. The conveyor belt can then continue making as many dumplings as required in the same process.
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Cost Analysis ● 2 x HighStrength CorrosionResistant Coated Aluminum 12”x12” $73.38 ● 2 x HighStability Galvanized Steel Funnels $26.38 ● 8 x Offset Piano Hinges without Holes 3 ft $72.00 ● 3 x Corrosion Resistant Aluminum Tubes 1 ft $5.70 ● 10 x Corrosion Resistant Formable Aluminum Sheets $10.50
______________________________________________________________________ Total Cost $187.96
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Conclusion Team 4 created a dumpling maker whose cost did not
exceed $200 and met all the design specifications given. It is quick and efficient and has an assembly line design to it. The Circle of Life is the easiest way to make as many dumplings as you want as fast as possible!
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