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Electric Toothbrush

Electric Toothbrush. Team #2: Kaitlyn Benson Keith Means Carrie Tedesco Joe Velesig. Outline. Identify the problem Make an electric toothbrush “travel friendly” Assess customer needs/refine project goals e .g. battery life, effectiveness, bristle variety

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Electric Toothbrush

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  1. Electric Toothbrush

    Team #2: Kaitlyn Benson Keith Means Carrie Tedesco Joe Velesig
  2. Outline Identify the problem Make an electric toothbrush “travel friendly” Assess customer needs/refine project goals e.g. battery life, effectiveness, bristle variety Preliminary design and evaluation Created/sketched initial design ideas
  3. Project Management Worked as a team Divided work for time management Worked outside of class Communicated effectively to maintain project goals FFM Personality comparison
  4. Customer Needs Chart Revised problem statement: Make an electric toothbrush that is portable, user-friendly, and healthy
  5. External Search Literature Search Original design, rechargeable batteries, inductive charging Patent Search Brush head, USB charging, rechargeable battery, energy mechanism Benchmarking Rated features of competing products
  6. Redesign Concepts: Power Generation 1 2 3 4
  7. Redesign Concepts: Body/Grip 1 2 3
  8. Redesign Concepts: Brush Head 1 2 3
  9. Redesign Concepts: Energy Mechanism 2 1 4 3
  10. Morphological Chart
  11. Concept Selection/Pugh Chart
  12. Final Design Includes: Circular brush head Texturized partial body grip Rechargeable battery Cam on gear
  13. Extra Features USB charger Inductive charging dock Interchangeable brush heads
  14. Final Design
  15. Final Design Animation
  16. How does it work? Uses rechargeable battery to power DC motor Motor connects to gear which includes cam Cam converts rotational motion into oscillating motion of circular brush head Toothbrush stored in a port that will charge battery through inductive charging Cap comes off exposing USB to charge with laptop for travel
  17. Conclusion After research, benchmarking and dissection, our team created many concepts These concepts were whittled down to the best using AHP and Pugh charts The best concepts came together to form the perfect travel toothbrush
  18. Thank You for Your Attention!
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