Index

1. INVESTIGATION STAGE
 Situation analysis

 Design Brief

 Specifications for the design

 Research

2. DESIGN STAGE
 Working drawings

3. MAKING STAGE
 Making Process

 Tools

 Safety

4. EVALUATION STAGE
Checklist

Performance testing

Consumer evaluation

1. INVESTIGATION STAGE
  Situation analysis
As a group we have to build a crane. The product will be used on the 22 nd of October 2010. The crane
will be used in the technology classroom. The crane is a model that is needed mostly by construction
companies when they are building buildings or when lifting or moving heavy things. The crane will work
manually and hydraulics will be used to produce the output. Join the car pieces using nails and wood
glue to make a car.

 Design Brief
I and my group have to design and make a crane using the wood and hydraulics system using syringes,
we will design/make the crane to be able o uplift a load and a buzzer to indicate if the load is too much
for the crane

 Specifications for the design

The project of the crane must be able to:

 Pick up a pallet with a load.

 The pallet must be picked up to the height of 150mm above the ground using a rope connected
to an electric motor.
 The boom of the crane must be able to slue 360 decrees using an electric motor.
 The boom must lift the pallet another 100mm and extend the load to over a platform. The boom
must be operated by hydraulics.
 The crane must have jacks connected to stabilizing arms that make it level before the operation
begins.
 The crane must have a warning buzzer for when it is being overloaded.


 Research

Product (Styles of cranes)

 Cranes are divided into two cateregories which is a mobile and a fixed crane. Mobile cranes are:

o Truck-mounted crane

o Side lift crane

o Rough terrain crane

o All terrain crane

o Crawler crane

o Railroad crane

o Floating crane

o Aerial crane
  Fixed cranes are:

o Tower crane

o Self-erecting crane

o Telescopic crane

o Hammerhead crane

o Level luffing crane

o Gantry crane

o Overhead crane

o Deck crane

o Jib crane

o Bulk-handling crane

o Loader crane

o Stacker crane

Function of cranes
Cranes are big machines which is used for lifting heavy weights. It is mostly used in construction and
transportation industries because it uses systems and controls that make it possible for it to great
mechanical advantage.

Suitable material
For our crane we used wood, wood glue, nails, syringes, pipes,
 2. MAKING STAGE
 Making Process
Firstly we cut a big block of 70mm X mm for our base. Then we cut another two pieces of mm X
mm X mm for the sides of the car. And cut another two pieces for the front and back
sides of the car of mm X mm X mm. Cut a plank that is mm X
mm X mm for the base of the boom. Then cut a plank of mm X mm X
mm for the first boom. Cut out mm X mm X mm for the
second boom hand. Join the car parts using wood glue and

 Tools
Router, circular saw, woodwork vice, G-cramp vice, tenon saw hack saw, coping saw, plane, hot glue
gun,

 Safety
Regular stops were taken to avoid fatigue. Loose clothing removed. Safety guards in place and
functioning. Accessible emergency stop buttons. Machine set-up properly. All safety signs clearly
displayed.
 3. EVALUATION STAGE
Checklist

Specifications Yes No
Design process
order
Index
Bibliography

Performance testing

Section of Good working Working but Not working

product order can improve
 Consumer evaluation

Criteria to evaluate Yes No

Appearance
Functionality
cost

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