TITLE OF PRESENTATION

Name of Client or Organization

Problem

Problem

We have to design a package that can ship a chip

from either Fremd to Conant with out it breaking,

chipping, or getting damaged in any way.

Design Brief

Design Brief

• Client Company: Our client company would be the PLTW students.

• Target Consumer: Our target consumers would be anybody who would

be interested in shipping something small.

• Designers: Tom Hickey, Matt Kim, Jess Higgins, Adit Patel, Aarsh

Sachdeva

• Problem Statement: We have to mail a Pringles Chip from Fremd to

Conant without it breaking, or chipping.

• Design Statement: We must design a package that is capable of holding

a Pringles chip and protect it from what it will endure while being

shipped though the USPS.

• Constraints: We are limited to using four different sizes of packages. In

addition to this, we are only allowed to label the package with “Fragile,”

or “Careful Handling.” We also are not allowed to use any pre-made

packages.

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Background Information

Shipping

Priority Mail: The average delivery time of

priority mail is 1-3 days. The pricing on shipping

differs because of the different types of

packages.

Types of Boxes

• 1) USPS Flat Rate Envelope Package 12.5" x 9”.

$4.95

• 2) USPS Small Flat Rate Box5-3/8” x 8-5/8” x 1-

5/8” $5.20

• 3) USPS Medium Flat Rate Box 11" X 8.5" X 5.5“

$10.95

• 4) USPS Large Flat Rate Box 12” x 12” x 5-1/2”

$12.95 (Domestic)

• Up to 70 lbs.

• No more than 108” in combined length and girth.

Brainstorming

Styrofoam

1) Our first idea was to take floral

styrofoam and carve out the shape of a

Pringle into the styrofoam, and then

place another piece of floral styrofoam

on top of that piece. Then, take regular

white styrofoam and carve out the shape

of the floral styrofoam cube. Then place

the floral styrofoam cube in there.

Jell-O / Agar

2) For our second idea we narrowed our

choices down to Jell-O or agar,

because these substances seem to have

the highest melting points, and seem to

have the highest viscosity. What we

would do is fill up one of the packages

halfway vertically with either Jell-O,

or agar. After this was done, take the

Pringles chip and securely wrap it in

the saran wrap. Next, take the Pringles

chip that is in saran wrap and place it

inside of the package so the chip is

laying horizontally. Then, continue to

fill the package to the top. Once it is

full seal the package shut.

Air Filled Plastic

3) Our third idea was to take the air

filled plastic and place it in our

package. Fill up the package

halfway vertically and then place

the Pringle chip so the bottom

curved part is over the apex of the

curve on the air filled plastic. After

this is done, continue filling the

package with these until it is full.

Last, seal the package closed. This

idea probably would not work as

well since the chip is not well fitted

to the material surrounding it like

the other two ideas are.

Decision Matrix

Durability

• 5) Based on testing, the chip will most likely be able to withstand the bouncing

around, and roughness the package endures through the United States Postal

Services shipping process.

• 4) Based on testing, the chip will have one crack in it by the time that it has

gone through the shipping process and has reached its destination.

• 3) Based on testing, the chip will have two or three cracks in it by the time that

it has completed the shipping process and has reached its destination.

• 2) Based on testing, the chip will have many cracks in various places and will

be in small pieces by the time it has reached its final destination.

• 1) Based on testing, the chip will have so many cracks that it has almost turned

to a dust-like substance and is incredibly hard to pick up In this case the idea

has failed.

Edibility

• 5) When you eat the chip, it is as fresh as it would be if it had just came out of

the Pringles package. The chip has not lost its form, and is not soggy at all.

• 4) When you eat the chip, it still tastes fresh like when it came out of its

original Pringles package. Although, the chip has lost its form due to cracks

form shipping. The chip is not soggy at all.

• 3)When you eat the chip, it tastes a little weird because it is soggy from the

Jell-O or agar. The chip has lost its form a little from being soggy, but not

from cracking.

• 2) When you eat the chip, it has cracked from shipping and has also gotten a

little bit soggy, but not to the point where it is unbearable to eat.

• 1) When you open the package, you can see that the chip has cracked and is

completely soaked from the Jell-O or agar. It is so soggy that you do not want

to even eat it.

Feasibility

• 5) The idea is fool-proof. Nothing can go wrong during the shipping

process to harm the chip. The chip will arrive at its destination in

perfect condition.

• 4) The idea was good while testing it, but something may possibly go

wrong during the shipping process that may end up damaging the chip

• 3) The idea had some flaws while testing, and could possibly happen

again only worse during the shipping process that may cause the chip

to crack in a few spots.

• 2) The idea almost did not work when testing, if the package were to

be mistreated any way during the shipping process it could destroy the

chip completely.

• 1) The idea failed testing and will most certainly fail while actually

shipping it. If it was shipped, there would be no way the chip would

not be damaged.

Size

• 5)The product is able to fit into any package perfectly. Can be

shaped to fit any package with ease.

• 4)The product is able to fit to every package but the envelope

with ease. Able to be fit to all packages but the envelope.

• 3)The product can be fit to either go into the medium or large

flat rate box.

• 2)The product can only fit into the large flat rate box, there is no

way of shaping or downsizing it to fit to any other package.

• 1)The product is so big that it cannot fit in any of the packages

and therefore, has failed the assignment it was designed for.

Decision Matrix

IDEA Durability Edibility Feasibility Size Total

Styrofoam 5 4 4 5 18

Jello/Agar 4 3 4 5 16

Air filled plastic 2 2 3 3 10

Styrofoam Idea

Materials

• Floral Styrofoam

• Regular White Styrofoam

• Duct Tape

• Pringles Chip

• Saran Wrap

Assembly

Design

• Take the floral

styrofoam and cut out a

piece that is.

• Dig out a shape that is

similar to a Pringles

chip and make sure the

top of the chip isn’t

sticking out at all.

Design (Continued)

• Next, take a piece of

the regular white

styrofoam and place

the floral styrofoam so

the bottom of it is on

the white styrofoam.

Trace the shape of the

floral styrofoam onto

the white styrofoam.

Design (Continued)

• Cut out the small

square that you traced

onto the white

styrofoam. After you

have done this, cut the

white styrofoam so it

fits to the size of the

USPS Shipping Box.

Design (Continued)

• Wrap the Pringles Chip

very carefully in saran

wrap, making sure you

don’t break the chip while

wrapping, and place the

chip into the floral

styrofoam. Place another

thin piece of floral

styrofoam on top to shut it.

Then duct tape the two

pieces together.

Design (Continued)

• Place the floral

styrofoam with the

chip in it into the white

styrofoam, and then

place the white

styrofoam into the

USPS Shipping Box.

Inventor Drawings

Assembled

Exploded

Testing

Testing

• It took the USPS Small Flat Rate Box 1.18

seconds to fall 12 feet. Using the distance /

time=rate formula I am able to calculate the rate it

took to fall.

• 12 feet / 1.18 seconds= 10.17 Ft/Second.

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