Individual Wiki Report
Date: November 29, 06
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| Author: Michael Allen | Team: ERSB |
Problem Statement
The goal of the project is to create a snowboard binding that that will separate the rider from the snowboard in the best possible way in the event of an avalanche. To find out the truly best possible way to release the rider different design aspects had to be review. The design that was believed to be a possibility was separating the snowboard from the rider using a release mechanism involving the straps of the binding. The goal is to create a binding that will fulfill the customer needs that were collected and create a quality product.
Summary of Approach
The general approach to fulfilling the different design problems found in the Problem Statement, was to create a design that would allow the release of the rider from the snowboard using the straps of the snowboard binding. This idea could incorporate the use of different points among the bindings and the different connections involved with a snowboard strap. From these connection points and connection types brainstorming was done and different concepts were generated to allow the straps of a the binding to release the snowboarder and increase chances of survival if caught in an avalanche.
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| Figure 1: Ratchet Releases the Ladder By Release of the Spring in the Ratchet | Figure 2: Ladder Release From the Base Using Two Pins |
Summary of Results
From the designs shown in Summary of Approach the pros and cons were generated for the different designs. Once the designs were reviewed a list of scoring topics were used to perform concept scoring. A first iteration of concept scoring was done eliminating all but two concepts. These concepts were then looked over and using SolidWorks three dimensionally modeled. A second concept selection was then created with more scoring topics to choose a final design.
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| Figure 3: Double Pin Ladder Release | Figure 4: Single Pin Ladder Release |
Lessons Learned
In the end the design of “My Thing” was beneficial to the ERSB project. Going through the design process caused the team to find out both the pros and cons of releasing the rider from the snowboard using the straps. Once looking back over the design many of the aspects of the design could be built into the final ERSB, but this style will not be used for the ERSB. The process of design did show in many way how to make a design simpler which will definately be an advantage when finalizing the design of the ERSB.
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| Figure 5: Playing in the Snow |
References
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