2. OrangeX recognizes an opportunity to move into the home market as well, they approached Smart Design with an idea. The project team at Smart recognized the importance of understanding the client's process in making juicers as well as its goals for this product. Just a few weeks into the design process , part of Smart's product-development team - an engineer and an industrial designer - visited OrangeX's foundry in Venezuela, where the juicer would be assembled. 設計過程 ( 流程 ) 產品開發
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4. The sand casting process doesn't allow for small details or sharp edges ; they get lost with the coarseness of the sand mold. Next problem is that iron is heavy, resulting in considerable shipping costs. The project goal was to reduce the weight of the product. Another goal was to improve employee relations. The design team interviewed assembly-line workers to consider how the manufacturing process might help foster a sense of pride among foundry employees 生產線 沙土鑄造法 菱線
6. After squeezing lots of oranges, the team determined that the best- performing juice- extraction mechanism was a rocker-crank with a long lever. Two-dimensional mechanical motion studies were used to explore various configurations for a rocker-crank mechanism. The team brought together people of all ages and hand sizes, asked them to try the model, then used what they learned to refine the rocker crank. This makes manual juice extraction substantially easier for people with limited arm strength, including children. 擠、壓 精準計算出 曲柄的搖桿 執行 提煉 機械裝置 機械的 表面配置 精製 用手操作的 總體來說
7. Three-dimensional foam studies were done to explore variations on the chosen design direction. The final foam model was used to study the juicer design and to illustrate the final shape and assembly of parts. 為…製圖 組裝 發泡體 差異
8. Once the design team decided which direction to take with respect to the rocker-crank mechanism, they used three dimensional mechanical motion studies to analyze mechanical layouts . 設計
9. The chosen design depends on a predominant swoop or C shape as defined by the base and head to create a sculptural statement. The handle and other elements contribute to this unified statement; all parts are in harmony. For a product to work on many levels, the design process must be multifaceted . The success of the Ojex juicer resulted from integrating the client, assembly-line workers, a wide range of possible user, engineering, manufacturing, and industrial design in the product-development process. 從多方面考慮
