The following areas of responsibilty are to be researched by the nominated individual prior to the 2nd meeting:
James Woods
Exisitng Products (and costs).
Design construction and ease of use.
Hector Vela Garza
Enviornmental conditions (of the disaster area that the product is likely to operate within).
Juan Vasquez Amaya
Available materials and properties.
IanThomas
1000kgs - what shape and size can it take
Lifting Jack design
Aftab Thakur
What Transport would carry it.
What size is a 'standard' Land rover. How will this impact the product.
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Hey Guys is Juan here's a link that I found it might help you with each one of your tasks, it contains Design, Materials, Manufacturing Process, Quality Control, etc. Check it out:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.madehow.com/Volume-5/Crane.html
Here are some links to enviromental safety, misconceptions, crane control and accidents:
ReplyDeleteCrane Enviromental Safety Factors
http://intro2u.net/crane/crane_factors.htm
Review of Crane Safety in Construction Business (PDF)
http://depts.washington.edu/frcg/content/NeitzelCraneSafetyReview.pdf
Six Dangerouns Misconceptions
http://www.thefabricator.com/article/safety/six-dangerous-misconceptions-about-crane-safety
All about Crane Accidents (statistics/victims/dates/etc)
http://www.craneaccidents.com/
I also found this blog which could be usefull.
http://www.cranetalk.com/
Theres a link for some example of mobile cranes:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.mechancranes.co.uk/crane_products/mobile_cranes/