Functional Design

How to design the working of a remote control

In this first design phase: the functional design, you, as industrial engineer, have to come up with the working design: how does the apparatus work to fulfill its functions.

Remember from the explanation of the general design method (check your mail-box), the working design of the coffee machine was: electrical energy heats the water and grinds the beans; the grinded beans fall in the water; a filter separates the beans residue from the coffee.

You are asked to

1. Search the web for inspiration from similar devices (go to the home page of the web browser).
2. Write  your findings down in the pre-structured PowerPoint slides “working_design.ppt”, which will be send to you by e-mail. You can easily copy text or images from the documents and websites (just right-click the pictures) to your PowerPoint slides.
3. Save the PowerPoint slides in the shared folder on your desktop.
4. Prepare your presentation for the next meeting.

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