Transcript Full Load Design Review

Full Load Design Review
2003-2004 Full Load E-Team
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Seth Elkington – agricultural engineer
Matt Hess – electrical engineer
Ty Windhorst - business, marketing
Chris Jensen – mechanical engineer
Veronica Meyer – mechanical engineer
Matt Shewmaker – mechanical engineer
Ian Toevs – agricultural engineer
Dr. Donald Elger – mentor, Professor of
Mechanical Engineering
• Dr. Linda Morris – mentor, Professor of
Marketing
Project Background
• Situation
• Existing Product/Sugarbeet harvest
• Existing Technology
• Complaints of Farmers
Situation
For tuber and sugarbeet crops:
• Simultaneous harvesting and loading
• Trucks are required to make position
changes relative to combine to fill
uniformly
• Truck and combine operators rely on
hand signals to communicate specific
actions relating to the proper loading
Existing Product/Sugar Beet
Harvest
Existing Technology
• Hand signals
• Two-way radios
• Home built signaling systems
View from 10 and 18 Wheelers
View from Digger
Goal
• Build an affordable, practical, and
versatile communication device usable
on farms of any size
• Product will be easy to use and
manufacture
• Product will improve both the safety
and convenience of harvesting crops
Product Specifications
This product will:
• Continually relay position information from
the harvester operator to the truck driver(s)
• Ensure that the truck is positioned for
proper loading
• Be competitive with existing technology.
The final outcome will be to form a corporation
which will manage the manufactured product to
be sold to the mass market.
Design Issues/Alternatives
•Mounting
•Input/Output Interfaces
•Multiple Frequency
•Electronic Design
•Cost Competitive
Mounting in the Tractor
Mounting in the Truck
Receiver Mounting Designs
Wrap-around
clamp onto
mirror on the
outside of
truck.
Hangs from the
back of receiver
from the top
mirror bar
outside of truck.
Hangs from the
side of receiver
from top mirror
bar outside of
truck.
Transmitter Mounting Designs
Clamp will allow for a
variety of attachment
methods.
The angle
bracket attaches
to side of digger
controls & side of
transmitter.
Description:
Flange wraps
around rod
attached to top
of digger
controls
Input Designs
These input configurations address our human factor issues.
Output Designs
Multiple Frequency
• Eliminates crossed signals between
multiple combines and trucks in the
same fields
• Could accommodate large farms and
industrial operations with numerous
frequencies
Obstacles in Designing Electronics
• Hire professional EE
• Recruit EE student(s) from the EE
Senior Design Course
• Consult faculty/graduate students
Additional Features
• Relative Velocity Sensors
– Truck could match the speed of the
harvester
• Load Sensors
– Harvester operator could load the truck
evenly and accurately to prevent
overloading
• Accelerometers
– Automate the STOP! signal transmission
Market Possibilities
• Preparing a
product package
• Tradeshows
• Finding a buyer/investors
Price Plan and Strategies
•Estimated unit cost of manufacturing:
–Outsourced circuit Board:
–Outsourced display panel:
–Input Devices:
–Injection Mold Enclosure: *
–Assembly labor:
•Estimated unit cost of marketing:
•Suggested retail
–Transmitter:
•Reasonable profit margin is set at $50.00 per transmitter
–Receiver:
•Reasonable profit margin is set at $50.00 per transmitter
–1 Transmitter – 2 receivers package:
•Reasonable profit margin is set at $40.00 per component
* Based off of 1000 units produced.
~$82
$20/unit
$10/unit
$20/unit
$30/unit
$2/unit
~$15
$147/unit
$147/unit
$411
Additional Industry
• Additional product models?
• Signal Automation?
• Other industrial applications?
– Road construction
– Aviation
Project Budget
Component
Electronic components
Hardware components
Enclosure components
Other expenses
Total amount
Cost
$5,000
$1,000
$4,000
$2,700
$12,700
Management Plan
Questions?