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EFFICIENT PORTABLE FIRE EXTINGUISHER FOR MALAYSIAN HOME APPLIANCE

AFIQ BIN ZA`ABA 58265211109

UNIVERSITI KUALA LUMPUR JANUARY 2014

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GUIDE TO THE PREPARATION OF THESIS

AFIQ BIN ZA`ABA 58265211109

Report Submitted to Fulfill the Partial Requirements For the Bachelor of Engineering Technology In Industrial Design

Universiti Kuala Lumpur

JANUARY 2014

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DECLARATION

I declare that this report is my original work and all references have been citedadequately as required by the Universitiy

Date: 28/04/2014 Signature…………………… (Hardcover submission date) Full Name: Afiq Bin Za`aba

ID Number 58265211109

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APPROVAL PAGE

We have supervised and examined this report and verify that it meets the programand University’s requirements for the Bachelor of Engineering Technology In Industrial Design Date: 28/04/2014 Signature:……………………................. (Hardcover submission date) Supervisor: Dr. Nik Farid B. Nik Ismail Official Stamp: Date: 12/09/2013 Signature:…………………… (Hardcover submission date) Co-Supervisor: Official Stamp: (Optional)

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Praise to God for His help and guidance that I am able to complete the task

of the Final Year Project. I am thankful and grateful to my supervisor, Dr.

Niuk Farid Bin Nik Ismail, for his advice and knowledge that he shared in the

completion of the project. I appreciate his help for me while I am doing the

Final Year Project from week 1 to the day I finished my Final Year Project.

Special thanks to Mr. Kenny, Engineer of SRI Sdn. Bhd. for providing me lots

of useful \information on the project technical data collection. I also would like

to thank all my friends who have been really helpful during the course of the

conducting the Final Year Project. I also would like to thank laboratory

assistants who have help me in sharing knowledge in conjunction with the

project that I am conducting.

I sincerely grateful to my parents for they love and sacrifice that they had for

me throughout my life and their support for me in all my activities that I have

done. I also wanted to that other people who have directly or indirectly help in

the completion of my Final Year Project. I sincerely appreciate all your help.

Thank you very much.

Afiq Bin Za`aba

28 April 2014

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LIST OF TABLES

Table 2-1 Advantages and disadvantages of basic quotation method ............... xx

Table 3-1 Tool and die company list .................................................................. xx

Table 3-2 Industry experts background .............................................................. xx

Table 4-1 List of SOP activities .......................................................................... xx

Table 4-2 Expert opinion on die cost parameters .............................................. xx

Table 4-3 Expert cost calculation methods ........................................................ xx

Table 4-4 Die quotation assistant implementation result of and example testing in industrial method ................................................................................ xx

LIST OF FIGURES

Figure 1-1 Manufacturing industry under IMP3 and 9MP ..................................... x

Figure 1-2 Tool and die making stages (Ma’arof, 2006) ....................................... x

Figure 2-1 Tool and design products ................................................................... x

Figure 2-2 Complete die design ........................................................................... x

Figure 3-1 Research methodology ....................................................................... x

Figure 3-2 eCAD methodology .......................................................................... xx

Figure 4-1 Steps in producing SOP ................................................................... xx

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LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS

2D Two Dimensional

3D Three-Dimensional

9MP 9th Malaysian Plan

ABC Activity-Based Costing

ASME American Society of Mechanical Engineers

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ABSTRACT

Fire cases in Malaysia have been increasing rapidly over the years. Majority of

the cases involved residential buildings which seriously had caused property

losses, severe injuries to the victims and even death. This circumstance is

significantly worrying with regard to the national development, as the prime

purpose of owning a house is to provide shelter and security to the occupants.

Issues reported and surveys conducted over the recent years as shown in the

media revealed that the major contribution towards the increase of fire cases in

Malaysia especially cases which involved residential buildings is due to the low

level of fire safety awareness among the public. In other words, it can be

assumed that home fire safety is being mooted, since there have been a lack of

fire safety measures in most houses in Malaysia for instance installing smoke

detectors and portable fire extinguishers as compared to houses in Britain,

Australia and New Zealand where it had significantly reduced the fire fatalities

and losses. Besides that, the Fire and Rescue Department found that most

fatalities and losses caused by fire could have been prevented if occupants had

an extinguisher at hand.

Over the recent years, there have been campaigns, seminars and trainings

on fire safety conducted by the National Fire and Rescue Department.

However, since the level of fire safety awareness among the public based on

this research finding is at an unacceptable level, perhaps these fire

preventive measures had somehow failed to up lift the level of fire safety

awareness among the public since the number of fire cases throughout the

years is still at a worrying stage.

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