Winter Boot

Cleaner

Team #6
 The Problem

- Water and salt residue left by snowy boots in our

entryway.

- Yes, floor mats are good, but they don’t collect

everything

- If only there was a way to prevent this…

[1]Floor mats get worn and become ineffective

[2] Hardwood floors under floor mats can become ruined
 Product Description

Component List:

-Frame
-Electric Side Brushes
-Back Water Tank
-Center Brush w/Spray
Nozzle
-Bottom Grid
-Pressure Plate
-Dirty Water Tank
-Drying Fans
-Sound Speaker
 Benefits and Use

Benefits
● Reduces the amount of cleaning
required for entryway
● Keeps boots in great condition,
extending life span

Use
● Easy to use, minimal effort
 Roles & Individual Objectives
1. Project Manager (Charlie Piper): Coordinating and facilitating the objectives of fellow team members.
Organizing and compiling collected information into presentable formats.
2. Technical Leader (Alexandre Roberge ): Leading and motivating the development team. Assisting members
in need of help. Assisting on presentation and coordination.
3. Marketing Analyst (Marie-Emilie Germain): In charge of conducting market research and analyzing
customers needs and behaviors as well as competitors.
4. Logistics and Strategy Analyst (Banusha Ragunathan): Material and supply research. Defining key project
specifications by translating marketing research. Works with lead design engineer and product cost
engineer for material selection.
5. Lead Design Engineer (William Renière): Concept designs/sketches with alternatives. Design for assembly
and manufacturing. Works with logistics and strategy analyst as well as product cost engineer.
6. Product Cost Engineer (Ishfaq Ahmed): Analysis of make vs buy strategy and supply chain. Works with lead
design engineer and logistics/strategy analyst on material selection. Estimates final costs and
payback/return on investments.
7. Consumer Relations (Anastasia Boyaram): Provides means of in-service support. Oversees quality control
and future development plan. Actively assists marketing analysts when needed.
Product Planning, Customer Needs,
and Product Specifications
 Mission Statement

Product Description A device where you can dip your foot in, to clean off
your boot.

Key Business Goals - Product introduction by 2022

- Profit Margin of +40%

Primary Market Northern consumers who encounter snow during the

winter

Secondary Market Industrial

Assumptions - Contains brushes

- Some water system
- Washes boot in timely manner

Stakeholders - Consumer
- Retailer
- Marketing and Sales
 Survey
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64 Results
Scoring Customer Needs (1-5)
Giving Metrics to needs
Selecting Competitors
Data on
Competitors
 Metric Unit Marginal Value Ideal Value

1 Size of Tanks Gallon <2 <1.5

2 Visual Appearance Subj (1-5) >3 5

Ideal and marginally
comparable target values
3 Waterproof m^3 < 3.8e-6 0 leakage

4 Overall size cm Width: <40 Width: <30

Length: <60 Length: <50
Height: <55 Height: <50

5 Material Strength N/mm^2 >400 >500

6 Noise dB <60 <40

7 Chemicals usage pH >5 and <9 7

8 Ease of Use Subj (1-5) >3 5

9 Weight of product kg <30 <20

10 Time to clean boots s <45 <15

11 Price $ <200 <150

12 Power to dry shoes Hp < 1/4 < 1/16

Concept Generation
Step 1:
Clarifying the
Problem
 Step 2: External Searches

1. homeowners who encounter snow on a daily basis

Lead Users (who benefit 2. medical industry (laboratories, pharmaceutical workplaces)
from improvement)

1. UKAL [2.1]
Benchmarking 2. Boot Boy [2.2]
(competitive products) 3. HACCP Smart Step [2.3]
4. Bunzl Processor [2.4]

Experts 1. manufacturing engineers

(experienced users) 2. cleaning specialists
3. technical representatives of cleaning.

Patents 1. boot scrapers (the Mud Chucker) [2.6]

(related inventions 2. Boot trays [2.5]
3. Boot protector products [2.7]

1. cleaning service catalogs

Literature 2. database searches
3. technical articles.
Sub-Functions Option 1 Option 2 Option 3 Option 4

Removes Snow/ Salt Water + Brushes Boot Safe Solutions + Steamer + Brushes
Brushes

Dries Shoe A fan A heater that would Air dry A reusable sponge
evaporate the water rag

Activation Pressure Sensor On/Off Button Sensor

Mechanism

End of Cycle A tune that indicates Flashing Light

the end of the
cleaning
 Step 4:
With Water
Explore Systematically
With Boot Safe
Brushes
Solution

With Steamer
Removes
Heater
Snow/Salt

Spray Water

Fan/Blower

Heater

Heating Sticks
Dries Shoe
Heating Sticks
Air Dry Fan

No Mechanism
 On/Off
Button

Activation
Mechanism
Laser
Sensor Pressure Plate

Motion Sensor

Flashing Light

End of Cycle
Ding Sound
Sound Music Tune

Sound of Machine Stopping

Based on Last Slide

A Water/Brushes - Fan + Grid - Pressure Plate - Ding Sound

B Water/Brushes - Heater + Grid - Sensor - Sound of fans Stopping
C Water/Brushes - Air Dry + Grid- Pressure Plate - Sound of Brushes Stopping
D Water/Brushes - Air Dry +Grid - Sensor - Sound of Brushes Stopping
Concept Selection
Our Combinations of Prototypes

Option A Fan + Grid - Pressure Plate - Ding Sound

Option B Heater + Grid - Sensor - Sound of fans Stopping

Option C Air Dry + Grid- Pressure Plate - Sound of Brushes

Stopping

Option D Air Dry +Grid - Sensor - Sound of Brushes

Stopping
 Prototypes

A B

C D
Design Overview
SolidWorks Drawing
 Purchased Processing Assembly Total Unit Tooling and Tooling Total Unit Total Cost
Component Materials (Machine + (Labor) Variable Other NRE, Lifetime, K Fixed Cost
Labor) Cost K$ units

Tanks

(Welded)
1.32$x10.4= 30.34$ 30.34$
16.61$
13.73

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sinessmag.com/
articles/2019/wh
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-rate/

Motorized
brush 4.00$x2= 10.00$ 4.00$ 22.00$ 22.00$
8.00$

Buzzers 1.50$ 1.00$ 2.50$ 2.50$

Frame w/ (Welded)
Pull-Out
Tray 30.00$ 51.75 51.75$
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Tube Pipe 0.80$ 0.15$ 0.95$ 0.95$

(Lecture 8)

Grid Metal 5.00$ 5.00$ 10.00$ 10.00$

Panel

Fan 9.99$x2 2.00$ 21.99$ 21.99$

=
19.99

Pressure 7.99$ 2.00$ 9.99$ 9.99$

Sensor

Spray 4.47$ 1.00$ 5.47$ 5.47$

Nozzle
 Center 2.00$x3= 3.00$ 9.00$ 9.00$
Brush 6.00$

Gaskets 0.03$ 0.05$ 0.08$ 0.08 $

Screws 8x0.02$ 0.09$ 0.25$ 0.25$

Total
Direct
Costs
Overhead
Charges 88.92$ 56.61$ 18.29$ 165.31$ 165.31$
Total Cost
 Safety

● Edges of the product have been rounded to minimize the risk of cuts and injuries.
● Waste compartment devised to assure an easy access while being child proof thus reducing the danger to
human health and safety.
● Appliance has also been developed to also resist rusting and rough handling as its main purpose requires
water.

● Mechanical design enables stability to counter the possibility of being overturned.

Validation
Risk Analysis
 Lessons Learnt
Lessons Learnt
What was done right? What was done wrong? What could’ve been done better?

“Good group collaboration and brainstorming” “I think that we could have managed our time more “Better understanding of the time differences so we can
efficiently.” all work together at the same time.”

“I think the teamwork whether it was for answering “Teamwork. Some members worked harder than “The time management and efficiency.”
questions and doubts or meetings was good. others”
Everything was also well organized and structured and
easier to understand and follow.”

“The weekly meetings were very useful to go over the “Some team members were not contributing as much “Doing more work at the beginning”
project and get feedback from everyone.” and it was hard for us to get feedback from them.”

“The organisation of the schedule to complete the “It took us a long time to actually decide on what the “Work on time management and team member
project in due time.” product was going to look like. We could have decided coordination so overlapping tasks can be done more
earlier on a more final version of the design.” easily.”

“I think we were good with communication and “I think we might’ve gotten a bit of a late start with “Maybe our initial idea selection”
planning.” things. It took us a few weeks to get an actual idea. If
that had been quicker maybe we would have had more
time to do other things.”

“We come up the idea how easily we can to clean dirty “I think there no bad about the project” “we can improve our design, make it more user
snow boots during the winter” friendly and more affordable”
Conclusions
 Recommendations

- Patenting the Design

-
- Trademarking the Brand Name
-
- Designing for ID (industrial design)
-
- Designing for the Environment
-
- Improving our Project and Process by
Reflection

[10] Product Life Cycle

References

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Department of Mechanical Industrial and Aerospace
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hardwood floors: Mr. Floor Chicago,” Repairing water
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[10] “Lecture 6- Concept Generation”, Class Notes for MIAE

380, Department of Mechanical Industrial and Aerospace
Engineering, Concordia University, Fall Term, 2020.