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PRINGLES PROJECT
By: Karen Li, Sneha Ramprasad, Kc Hutmacher
THE PROBLEM
Our job was to design and test a package to safely ship a single Pringles potato chip through the USPS to Conant High School. It should not break or chip in the process. The chip should stay in tact.
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Brainstorming Ideas
BRAINSTORMING IDEAS
• Mold foam in shape of a Pringle• Use zip-loc bag• Fill a small box full of cotton and surround cotton
balls around the Pringle chip.
Brainstorming
Rectangle box with pringles size dimensions
Box filled with cotton balls
Pringles shaped inside; soft foam material
Pringle in blown up ziploc bag filled with water
Brainstorming
Dimensions
DIMENSIONS OF CHIP
• Height: .163 inches• Width: 1.568 inches• Length: 2.59 inches
DIMENSIONS OF CARSON’S BOX
Top:
Length = 3.375 inches
Width = 2.313 inches
Height = .063 inches
Bottom:
Length = 3.25 inches
Width = 2.188
Height = .063 inches
Design Brief
DESIGN BRIEF
• Client Company: Pringles chips.• Target Consumer: People who enjoy eating Pringles chips.• Designers: Sneha Ramprasad, Karen Li, Kc Hutmacher, Jake Esmael• Problem Statement: Our goal as a group is to send a single Pringles chip from
Fremd High School to Conant High School in a container sort of thing without it breaking.
• Design Statement: Or designs include using foam to shape the bottom and top half of the Pringle chip, use soft materials such as cotton balls so stuff the Pringles chip with so it doesn’t break inside our packaging, and using feathers.
• Constraints: No substance may be applied to the chip, or the chip altered in any way, the chip must be recoverable and edible when received by the partner school, no pre-made Pringles containers should be used, all packages must be sent via the US Postal Service - First Class Mail, there is a 3" x 5" limit on the size of the package, package must be clearly labeled on the outside with the sending school and group, and each participating school will send, receive and evaluate packages.
Decision Matrix
Decision Matrix
4 3 2 1
Durability (based on testing on prototype)
Most likely will not break when sent to Conant
Pringle may be chipped in some areas
Pringle may break in half
Pringle may break into more than 3 pieces
Decision Matrix
Durability (based on testing on prototype)
Foam Cut-Out of Pringle 4Box Filled with Feathers and Cotton Balls 4Pringle Put in a Blown up Ziploc bag 1
Decision Matrix
Accessibility to Materials
Materials are easy to find; can be found at home
Materials are relatively easy to find; can be found in nearby stores
Materials are a little difficult to find; have to find materials in specific stores that may be far away
Materials are very hard to get to; may not find some of the materials
Decision Matrix
Accessibility to Materials
Foam Cut-Out of Pringle 3Box Filled with Feathers and Cotton Balls 3Pringle Put in a Blown up Ziploc bag 4
Decision Matrix
Cost of Materials
Less than 2 dollars
About 2-3 dollars
4-5 dollars
More than 5 dollars
Decision Matrix
Cost of Materials
Foam Cut-Out of Pringle 2Box Filled with Feathers and Cotton Balls 3Pringle Put in a Blown up Ziploc bag 4
Decision Matrix
Amount of Time it takes to make (based on testing on prototype)
Less than 1 Hour
About 1-2 Hours
About 2-4 Hours
3 Hours or More
Decision Matrix
Amount of Time it takes to make (based on testing on prototype)
Foam Cut-Out of Pringle 3Box Filled with Feathers and Cotton Balls 4Pringle Put in a Blown up Ziploc bag 4
Decision Matrix
Total
Foam Cut-Out of Pringle 14Box Filled with Feathers and Cotton Balls 17Pringle Put in a Blown up Ziploc bag 15
Testing
TESTING
Our box filled with cotton.
We tested the durability of the box by throwing it against a wall about three time with full force.
Pringles chip inside the box.
It’s still in tact!
TESTING
This was the result we got. Every time we threw it against the wall, it chipped, and eventually it broke.
We threw the Pringles chip in the zip-loc bag against a wall with full force about three to four times.
RESULTS
Our idea about putting the single Pringles chip inside a box filled with cotton balls proved to be a success because it reached its destination without cracking!
INVENTOR EXPLODED VIEW
Research
Research
1. Recovery is one of the most important properties of a cushioning material; it ensures that the package contents continue to be protected even when repeatedly subjected to similar stresses. If recovery is too low, the braking distance declines on constant exposure to stress, such that the resultant kinetic energy can no longer adequately be absorbed and the package contents may be damaged.
Required characteristics of cushioning materials
Cushioning materials must in particular fulfill four main requirements:
Research
2. Cushioning materials must be insensitive to climatic conditions, such as moisture due to elevated relative humidity, direct solar radiation and extreme variations in temperature and their action must not be impaired by such exposure.
Research
3. Especially in the case of package contents which are at risk of corrosion, it is important that the cushioning materials do not promote corrosion. They should not contain any aggressive constituents (neutral pH), which could contribute towards corrosion. The cushioning material and package contents should not interact and possibly impair each other's properties.
Research
4. Use of the cushioning material should be effective, simple, environmentally compatible and cost-effective.
Research
Types of Cushioning: Plastic Wrap Bubble Wrap Newspaper Peanuts Foam Cotton Ziploc Bags filled with air (Airbags)
Bibliography
http://www.thehomeknowitall.com/the_home_knowitall/2008/01/packing-fragile.html
http://www.usps.com/all/mailingandshippingguidelines/welcome.htm
http://reviews.ebay.com/How-To-Package-Fragile-Items-Safely-for-Shipping_W0QQugidZ10000000003741734
http://www.tis-gdv.de/tis_e/verpack/polster/polster.htm