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This project involves taking apart devices like a bathroom scale, telephone, toaster, electric drill, or radio to understand their functionality. Teams record observations, sketch parts, document hypotheses, and present findings. Safety and report writing skills are emphasized.
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Laboratory 2:Take a Device Apartand Describe it General Engineering Polytechnic University
OVERVIEW • Objectives • Devices • Procedure • Report • Data/Observations • Recitation Topics • Conclusion
OBJECTIVES • Take apart device • Determine functionality • Write/sketch description of device/parts • Record ideas of functionality • Write report
DEVICES • Bathroom scale • Telephone • Toaster • Electric drill • Radio
PROCEDURE • Assign team of two • Record list of tools • Inspect intact device • Disassemble device as far as time permits • Record/Sketch observations • Reassemble device to working order
REPORT • Team report • Review write-up/sketches • Include: • Description of procedure/analysis • Original notes/sketches • Functionality hypotheses
DATA/OBSERVATIONS • List of tools • Exterior description/orthographic sketches (include dimensions) • Functionality hypothesis before disassembly • Interior description/sketch • Functionality of components • Functionality hypothesis based on data
RECITATION TOPICS • Group presentation • Explain functionality • Components and functions • How parts fit together • Overall construction • How design could be improved
CONCLUSION • Orthographic vs. Isometric • Report structure • Avoid breaking parts • Think SAFETY!!