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Zane Middle School's P.E. classes have to manually move all of the P.E. equipment separately every class and have to manually return each separately as well. When returning jump-ropes after use students roll each up and they are all thrown into a bucket for storage. This system for storing jump-ropes results in tangling and kinking of the jump-ropes, leading to longer time to unravel them and having to used kinked jump-ropes which makes them harder to use. To solve this Problem Team Enterprise has designed and created a cart that would allow for all equipment to be stored and moved all together on one cart; in doing so it also secures and properly stores jump-ropes preventing them from tangling and kinking. | Zane Middle School's P.E. classes have to manually move all of the P.E. equipment separately every class and have to manually return each separately as well. When returning jump-ropes after use students roll each up and they are all thrown into a bucket for storage. This system for storing jump-ropes results in tangling and kinking of the jump-ropes, leading to longer time to unravel them and having to used kinked jump-ropes which makes them harder to use. To solve this Problem Team Enterprise has designed and created a cart that would allow for all equipment to be stored and moved all together on one cart; in doing so it also secures and properly stores jump-ropes preventing them from tangling and kinking. | ||
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== Description of final project == | == Description of final project == |
Revision as of 15:25, 1 May 2019
Abstract
The purpose of this project was to work with Zane Middle School representative and P.E. Instructor, Garett Montana, to address the problems of storing and transporting P.E. equipment. The need for a P.E. equipment cart for the school was addressed and different designs were analyzed for possible solutions. The most important design of the cart must allow for storage of the P.E. jump-ropes that prevents them from tangling and kinking.
Background
Zane Middle School, located in Eureka, CA is one of the largest middle schools from just north of San Francisco all the way up to Oregon. P.E. is a mandatory class for all students, there are 6 P.E. classes a day (each 1 hour long) 5 days a week. At the start of every P.E. class they begin by doing jump-roping, and they continue to do so until the last person has finished, after which they then begin their daily activity. Zane Middle School reached out to our class because the P.E. class is in need of a cart which needs to accomplish a few things; easily transport and store P.E. equipment while also preventing tangling/ kinking of the jump-ropes.
Problem Statement and Criteria
Zane Middle School's P.E. classes have to manually move all of the P.E. equipment separately every class and have to manually return each separately as well. When returning jump-ropes after use students roll each up and they are all thrown into a bucket for storage. This system for storing jump-ropes results in tangling and kinking of the jump-ropes, leading to longer time to unravel them and having to used kinked jump-ropes which makes them harder to use. To solve this Problem Team Enterprise has designed and created a cart that would allow for all equipment to be stored and moved all together on one cart; in doing so it also secures and properly stores jump-ropes preventing them from tangling and kinking.
Description of final project
The final decision for the Equipment cart was based on the scores of the delphi chart in figure 1 above, client input and group consensus and compromise. The delphi chart weighted the criteria from 1-10, 10 being the most important, and each alternative was scored from 0-50, 50 being the best match of the criteria. Scores for each alternative were multiplied by the weight of the criterion and the total score for each cart was calculated. From the delphi scores, our group decided on the “Upscale Cart” for cost effectiveness and the ability to store the jump ropes to the clients standards. This pre-bought cart already has great mobility and handling, is durable and has adequate space for all the exercise equipment. The jump rope holding mechanism will be added to the top and help in place by a simple latching mechanism and inverted hooks at the bottom of the cart. The cart is simple yet meets all the qualifications from the client.
Prototyping
Costs
Quantity | Material | Source | Cost ($) | Total ($) |
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1 | Wood | The Mill Yard | 40.00 | Donated |
1 | Cart | Harbor Freight | 120.00 | 120.00 |
2 | Screws/bolts sets | Ace Hardware | 20.00 | 20.00 |
1 | Hooks Set | Ace Hardware | 15.00 | 15.00 |
2 | Paint | Sherwin Williams | 40.00 | Donated |
Total Cost | $235.00 |
Testing Results
How to build
Use Template:How_to
Maintenance
This P.E. equipment cart requires very minimal maintenance and very rarely.
Schedule
This is when to maintain what.
- Daily
- No daily tasks
- Weekly
- No weekly tasks
- Monthly
- No monthly tasks
- Yearly
- Grease casters if cart no longer moves as smoothly (done most easily with WD-40)
- Every 2-3 years
- Repaint Cart
Instructions
This is how to maintain. The step by step how to template {{How to}} is most likely best for this part.
Troubleshooting
This is only how to troubleshoot basic operation. For complex issues, contact Team Enterprise at Humboldt State University.
Problem | Suggestion |
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Wheels not moving smoothly | Grease caster wheels (done most easily with WD-40) |
Paint Peeling or Fading | Repaint with appropriate colors |
Discussion and next steps
Suggestions for future changes
Caster wheels can be replaced by simply unscrewing with a phillips-head screwdriver or drill.
References
See Help:Footnotes for more. Template:Reflist
Contact details
Add your contact information.