Report Manufacture Process (Essay Sample)

Project Report Manufacture Process: Results and Illustrative Examples Student's Name Course University Professor Date Results and Illustrative Examples The main utility of the product is enhancing user experience while using walkers by providing a back brace to support the user's back and wheels to enhance the mobility of the walker. The prototype development process was premised on these user enhancement objectives, albeit through iteration on design and ergonomic specifications of the walker that affects everything from the materials used for the back brace, the wheels, the walker, and the fittings that join all fundamental components of the walker for operation. Illustrative Examples of the Manufacturing Process Steps and Pictures of the Prototype and the Final Product 5143502093595Determining Design Requirements0Determining Design RequirementsIt is important to note that the prototype development process was progressive and incremental- each phase was a precursor for the next and an overall improvement to the design of the walker, more so in terms of utility. Therefore, the goal of the prototyping process was progressively refining the design idea until it completely satisfied the design objective. The design team used the waterfall prototyping technique (Hopkinson & Dickens, 2011). The prototyping phases used in the design of the walker is represented in the process chart below: 32004003625851600200353060389572510160Build PrototypeBuild Prototype233362567310QuickDesignQuickDesign 4381500259715 2419350433070RefiningPrototypeRefiningPrototype514350414020Final PrototypeFor ImplementationFinal PrototypeFor Implementation 1781175368300337185033972539719256350UserEvaluationUserEvaluation 340995084455 Step 1: Determining the design requirements. The requirement analysis phase involved brainstorming on the design and performance requirements of the walker. It involved primarily seeking opinions from one of the team member's relative who uses a walker as well as his friends on points of distress. This led to establishing the need for the wheels and the back brace. Step 2: Quick design. This stage involved the development of simple 2D & 3D designs of the walker prototype to give a rough idea of how the system will look and some parameters. It was used as a stepping-stone to the prototype. The quick design of the prototype is shown below: Step 3: Building the prototype. Information from the quick design, especially the prototype's 3D design, is used to build the actual walker design. The quick design helped establish parameters such as the material of the walker supports, the wheels, the back brace, and the types of fittings used in the product. Step 4: User evaluation. The developed prototype was tested by the team's relative that was responsible for sharing improvements on current walker designs. Our team's relative served as the client evaluating the walker prototype, giving feedback on whether the prototype meets the objectives- reducing friction to make walking easier, the back brace for supporting a user's back, and overall making the walker easier to use. Step 5: Refining the prototype. The feedback gathered faulted the prototype's ergonomics- the back brace made the walker heavier and thus slightly more difficult to use. The design modification at this stage was slightly reducing the size of the back brace and slightly enlarging the wheel to make it more efficient. Step 6: Final prototype. Re-evaluation by the 'client' and performance testing led to the development of the final prototype, shown in the figure below. This is the intended prototype to be introduced in the market. [Insert Photograph of the final Prototype Here] The next step is mass production (manufacture) of the prototype. This step involves outsourcing the manufacture of each of the individual components of the improved...