Progress Report 3-10-2013

Progress Report

10-Mar-2014

Product Design Specifications

Inter-EGR 160: Standing Desk V1.0

Client:

Kevin Rolnick kevrolnick@gmail.com

Advisor:

Dr. Juan Vivanco

Team Members:

Jidapas An-adirekkun anadirekkun@wisc.edu

Collin Durler durler@wisc.edu

Connor Gallaher cpgallaher@wisc.edu - Communicator

Piero Gasparri pgasparri@wisc.edu

Reilly Howell rhowell2@wisc.edu  

Archer Jirasirikul jirasirikul@wisc.edu

Tim Kuzmic kuzmic@wisc.edu

Xavier Lunar lunar@wisc.edu

Peter Meidl pmeidl@wisc.edu

Mike Petri mapetri@wisc.edu

Asher Zundel azundel@wisc.edu

Problem Statement

Our client has asked us to design a standing desk with a budget of $200 that can serve as an alternative to the conventional seated desk. Studies have shown that sedentary behavior for long periods of time cause, not only, health problems like obesity and musculoskeletal problems, but also issues with productivity.  A standing desk would aim to provide a solution to these major problems with features such as comfortability, pleasing aesthetics, durability, safety as well as adjustability of both the height and pitch of the desk, which would all be keys to the design.

Last Week's Goals

• All-draw up CAD designs for design use and poster.
• All- Make final decisions on materials to be used for both the desk top as well as the base.
• All- Start ordering parts
• All-Finish poster for poster day

Summary of Team Role Accomplishments

• Leader Archer Jirasirikul - Led group in assimilation of new ideas and opinions from the reviewer (another lab instructor) into the design and discussion of potential candidate for the final design.
• Communicator- Connor- will be in touch with the client with questions and reporting our progress. He also exploit his expertise in solid works to build a model of the design for the poster
• Team – Brush up on the poster presentation and discuss and develop ideas for the final design of the standing desk.

Summary of Design Accomplishments

• The poster was finished and printed.
• The design of the standing desk is practically finalized except for the details of measurements and other calculations.
• We have discussed and the majority of us are in favor of using the motorcycle jack due to a wider area of contact which will provide more stability
• We decided to have a slide out portion for an extra work space for the table.

This Week's Goals/Individual Goals

• All - Decide on the measurements of all parts of the table
• All - Calculate the force that the design could hold
• All - Choose materials for the desk top, base, and the mechanism for the desk top.
• All - Estimate the cost of each parts and materials for the design
• All - Start ordering parts
• All - Start working on drawing out the detailed measurements or part required (E.g. numbers of pin, hinge, screws).

Project Difficulties

            It is hard to know what our actual machining abilities are going to be when it comes to building the designs that we have been drawing. It is also hard to estimate the cost of materials as there are some potentially usable materials left from prior projects.

Project Schedule

            We are on track according to the schedule that is in our project PowerPoint

Expenses

            We have yet to purchase anything; therefore, there are no expenses.