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