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Pringles Chip Send Off
The document discusses designing packaging to ship Pringles chips without breaking them. It first provides background on the poor handling of packages by the USPS and details of how mail is sorted and tracked. Research is presented on Pringles ingredients and dimensions, and potential packing materials like paper, foam, or inflated products are considered. Brainstorming and testing of box prototypes is described, with the final design comprising a cardboard box, cotton bag, and iPod case to protect the chip during shipping.
Pringles Chip Send Off
- 1. Pringles Chip SendOffBy: SusmitSukthankarMatthew Fagerson
- 2. Problem StatementThe USPShandles packages without care, and as a result, the contents of these packages are sometimes damaged. We need to find a way to reduce, absorb, and dispense the shock the packages are exposed to. We will use the 12 step design process to evaluate, design, and develop a way to ship a Pringles chip from Fremd to Conant, or vice versa, without the chip breaking.
- 3. ResearchThe USPSThe UnitedStates Postal Service (USPS) employs roughly 700,000 people who work to ensure that 213 billion pieces of mail are delivered to 146 million addresses each year. It operates as a business, with total revenue in 2006 of $72.8 billion. It is governed by a board of governors made up of the postmaster general, the deputy postmaster general and nine governors who are appointed by the president.
- 4. ResearchShipping and ProcessingAtthe mail processing plant, machines separate mail by shape and size. They also orient the packages so their addresses are right-side up and facing the same direction.
- 5. A unique fluorescentbar code is imprinted on the back of each piece of mail. An optical scanner scans the address, and then a bar code representing the specific address is sprayed on the front of the envelope. ResearchPringlesCalculationsPringles have only about 42% potato content, with the remainder being wheat starch and flours (potato, corn, and rice) mixed with vegetable oils and an emulsifier. They are baked.Their consistent saddle shape is mathematically known as a hyperbolic paraboloid.mass m= 1 kg height of h = 5 mvelocity v = 9.899494936611665m/s. kinetic energy = 49 J.distance traveled after impact is d = .1 m Average impact force = 490 Newtons.
- 6. Possible Packing MaterialResearchLooseFillPaperCorrugated fiberboard padsFoam structuresMolded pulpInflated Products
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- 8. The Decision MatrixEachNumber value ranges on a scale of 1-5.
- 9. The meaning behindeach number for each criteria may be different.
- 10. In the end,we concluded that a box solution would be the most viable.Testing our BoxThat means that our box can take over 56 lbs. of weight upon itself without being crushed.Each textbook weighs approximately 3.5 lbs. each
- 11. Both teams testedour designs and gathered data on how well the boxes stood the testsVideo
- 12. Our Final PrototypeComposedof : 1 cardboard box.1 bag of cotton.1 3rd Gen. IPod Nano case.
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- 14. THE CAKE ISA LIE
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