Group Product Autopsy

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Assignment 1: Product Engineering Autopsy

Document the teardown of an electrical/electronic product or a product with movement parts analysing how it works, including:

  1. Materials and finishes

  2. Manufacturing processes

  3. Assembly order

  4. Fastening methods

In class activity

  • In groups of 2 (pairs) carefully disassemble your product.

  • Document the disassembly of the product (photos) as you will be assembling the product again.

  • Count the number of components and list the materials and manufacturing process used to make them.

  • Was the product easy to disassemble. What improvements could be made? Write down any observations.

  • Assemble the product again. Was the product easy to assemble? What improvements could be made? Write down any observations.

  • In your groups generate at least two concepts (sketches) utilising different materials than the predominant material used in product.

  • Same function but does the use of different materials change the way the product looks, size, weight and how it is produced?

Animation: Tell the story of your product

Each student will submit an animated story depicting their autopsy product, backed by a team member product comparison. This will provide insights into why your product group is designed and manufactured. Deliverables include:

One HTML document (as per this template) containing;

  1. Stop motion video

  2. High quality high resolution image of disassembled product

  3. Product/Component specifications – material type, manufacturing process, surface treatment, weight and dimensions

  4. Critical review of the product based on work undertaken thus far and design and technical elements of the product

Due week five

30% of overall semester grade

# Stop Motion Video High Resolution Image Component Specs Critical Review
1 40% 20% 20% 20%

Marks will be deducted for late submissions, at the discretion of the class tutor.