Preliminary Design Review 2:Product Requirements

and Design Specifications

Senior Design: Team

Burja _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

AME 470: Senior Design

ASME Bulk Material Transporter

Matt Bertke, Paul DeMott, Patrick Hertzke, Will Sirokman

2 September 2004

Senior Design: Team

Burja _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

Completes two trips in 10 minutes, beginning when placed in the 40 x 40 cm starting area.

Carries 48 fluid oz. rice per trip (space constraint)

Maintain traction on plywood surface.

Maintain traction on flooring surface.

Able to deliver load and reconfigure to receive next load once returning to the loading area.

Delivers at least 85% of initial loaded rice

Functional Performance Requirements

Senior Design: Team

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Able to operate successfully after a 12” fall.

Operate off maximum 8 “AA”, “AAA”, “C”, or “D” 1.5 V batteries and two 9 V batteries (10 batteries total) OR ten 1.2 V rechargeable batteries and two 9 V batteries (12 batteries total).

Must traverse given course (3 up-steps of 4”-3.5”-3.5”, 90 deg right turn, 1 down-step of 4”, and vice-versa).

Must place weight sequentially on every step on each run to and from delivery area.

Must maintain weight on no more than two steps at a time.

Functional Performance Requirements

Senior Design: Team

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Controlled by a single user via radio/umbilical cord.

Required to have a master switch on exterior labeled with on/off directions.

Will operate at less than 90 dB (hearing damage threshold).

Human Factor Requirements

Senior Design: Team

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Must fit fully-assembled into a 25 x 25 x 30 cm box.

10 lbs. (fully loaded) target weight (constrained by available battery power and durability in event of a fall).

Physical Requirements

Overall development and fabrication cost < $400

$100 contingency for unforeseen problems.

Cost Requirements

Senior Design: Team

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All manufactured components will be manufactured on equipment provided by AME 470 Ltd.

All other components will be outsourced from vendors.

Labor will not be outsourced.

Manufacturing Requirements

Rechargeable batteries will be used for testing.

Disposable batteries will be disposed of properly.

Environmental Impact Requirements

Senior Design: Team

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Typed deliverables will be on M.S. Word, 12 pt. Trebuchet font.

Documents will have a standard header of 14 pt. Bold font including Title, Author(s), team name, date.

Reporting Requirements