Its annoying when the rotating stand turns while Im

trying to bag groceries.

- Bagger at Giant
Im always adjusting and pushing the bags bag after
every order.
- Bagger at Safeway
Using reusable bags is difficult because they always fall
down.
- Bagger at Shoppers

Mark Baldiswieler
Spencer Davis
Logan Dill

Ethan Hyde
Jack Myers
Jacques Reddinger

Josh Stolarczyk

Problem Surveys
Average Work
Experience
Average Items Per
Order
Average Bags Per
Order
Average Time Spent
Adjusting Bags per
Order

4.75 years
25.5 items

10.5 Bags
11.63 Seconds

Problem Statement
The average supermarket bagger employee with 4.75 years of
experience spends an average of 12 seconds adjusting bags per
order of 25 items with 10 bags; this totals 37 minutes and
approximately $5.04 in wages per employee per 6 hour shift.

Why 8 Seconds?
12 seconds are wasted in one order
If the Bagigator saves four seconds

1 employee saves 13 minutes a shift

9 employees save 2 hours a day
Grocery stores save $16.50 worth of man-hours
at $2 per bagging employee

Past and Present Solutions

Past and Present Solutions

Criteria
Customer Needs
Performance
Target Cost

Compatibility
Durability/Maintenance

Ideas

Ribbed arms for

bag restriction.

Introducing

Slot for reusable

bag compatibility.

Compatibility with
existing setup.

Ridge Concept
r < hsin
is the threshhold
angle of passing bags
r = maximum
Baggigator height at
ridge

Break-off point

h = height of the slit

in the bag

2nd Bag with

no weight

1st bag with

weight

The Bagigator Arms v1.0

Testing v1.0

Reusable Bag Compatibility

Bagigator Arms v1.1

Testing v1.1

Bagigator v1.2

Testing v1.2

Material Options
Aluminum 6061-T651

Material Options
" Aluminum 6061

" Steel 1018

Material Options
Low Carbon Steel 1018

Looking Ahead

Special Thanks To...

Todd Bentley
Geoff Bernstein
Steven Cahoon
Ann Doyle
Pat Foley

Bradford Hill
Tupper Hyde
Robert Lutz

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