Functional Design

 

How to design the working of a remote control

In this first design phase your team will work on the functional design.

You, as the industrial engineer, have to come up with the working design: how the apparatus works to fulfil its functions.

Remember from the explanation of the general design method (check your mailbox) that the working design of the coffee machine was: electrical energy heats the water and grinds the beans; the ground beans fall in the water; and 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 sent to you by email. 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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