Transcript Slide 1

Product Dissection
• Reverse engineering
• Ref: The manufacturing engineering
education partnership - 1996
Retention versus Methodhow much do we retain?
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Reading
Hearing Words
Looking at Pictures
Watching a Movie
Looking at an Exhibit
Watching a Demonstration
Seeing it Done
Participating in Discussion
Giving a Talk
Simulating Real Experience
Doing the Real Thing
10%
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70%
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90%
90%
Reading
Hearing
Words
Looking At Pictures
Watching a Movie
Looking at an Exhibit
Watching a Demonstration
Seeing It Done on Location
Participating in a Discussion
Giving a Talk
Doing a Dramatic Presentation
Simulating the Real Experience
Doing the Real Thing
Why take something apart?
• Curiosity
• To fix it
• Learn from real engineering success and
failures
• To see how it is made
• Evaluate the competition and look for
alternatives
Report
• COVER PAGE: Your Names, Date, MCEG/ELEG 1012, “Reverse Engineering
Report,” and the name of the device on the cover sheet.
• INTRODUCTION: What is the purpose of this project?
• SKETCH: Include a sketch of the device. Digital picture
• DISASSEMBLY: A description of what you actually did in taking apart and
analyzing your device. Include your notes
• HOW IT OPERATES: describing how you think the device works,
• SAFETY: Describe how safety is built into this device.
• ECONOMICS: How much did the device cost? Explain how the device is
made in order to keep the price low.
• DESIGN CONSTRAINTS: Are there other restrictions on the design: Height?
Weight? Length? Volume? Material? Cost? Etc.
• IMPROVEMENTS: How could the device be made better? Safer? More
Reliable? Less Expensive?
• SUMMARY: What did you learn on this project?
Constraints:
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Size
Shape
Weight
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function
Examples
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Electric can opener
Electric tooth brush
Battery powered pencil sharpener
Electric drill
NOTHING dangerous: i.e. machine gun, etc!
Price ~ $10, I will buy if you ask me.
• “Product Dissection: Toastmaster Hand Mixer”
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