1. Overview2. Design

3. Scenario

1. Overview1.1. IntroductionSCMID is an engineering machinery & industrial design competition which is held by SANY, the sixth-largest heavy equipment manufacturer in the world. SCMID aims at encouraging the innovative design of heavy equipments among the university students and cultivating new engineers for the company. Our team's design Reborner, a crane for disaster relief, achieved the excellent work prize in the competition.

1.2. TeamTianjie Li, design leadTianjie Li has a strong background in industrial design and visual design. She conducted the whole project schedule and lead the appearance design of the product.

Guoyan wen, 3D modeling leadGuoyan wen is skilled at prototyping and she control the quality of the 3D model.

Zefa Liu, presentation leadZefa Liu studies mechanical engineering and he knows well about the mechanical principels and mechanism. He organized our team's discussions and meetings.

TongTong Zhang, structural design leadTongTong Zhang also has a background in mechanical engineering. He was responsible for the structure design.

Zhixia Qiao, theory leadZhixia Qiao is good at studying and analyzing the new technique and theory. She was responsible for searching relevant papers and finding theory support.

1.4. MethodsCompetitive analysis, user interview, contextual inquiry, focus group, field study, questionnaire, brainstorming, sketching, mechanical analysis

1.5. ToolsProE 4.0, Keyshot, Photoshop, Illustrator, Indesign

1.6. Deliverables3D model, three view drawing, dimensioned drawing, renderings, design specification

1.7. Learn moreView the website of 2011 SCMID>>http://fun.sanygroup.com/sanydesign/index.jsp

View the website of our design, Reborner>>http://fun.sanygroup.com/sanydesign/saiqu.jsp?nowPage=2&id=8

2. Design process2.1. PreliminarySANY assigned 5 experienced engineers to conduct the preliminary selection of the designs. The participants were asked to prepare a presentation to show the strong points of their design in 5 min.

2.2. Field studyFinally 30 groups got the chances visiting the company, viewing the process of heavy machines manufacture and being mentored by the engineers of SANY.

2.3. Brainstorming & sketchingOur group got together twice a week, discussing our problems and ideas in a free atmosphere. When we had a good scenairo, we sketched at once to record our idea.

2.4. 3D modeling & renderingWe used PS for visual design. The key point was that the design should fit the culture of SANY, professional, technical, innovation.

2.5. Visual designWe used PS for visual design. The key point was that the design should fit the culture of SANY, professional, technical, innovation.

3. ScenarioOur design, Reborner was born when it was the first anniversary mourned for the victims dead in the earthquake happened in Yushu. So, we came up with an idea that we could design a crane for disaster relief use. The crane not only should own the functions of the normal ones, but also was specialized at helping the people during disasters by adding some special function and structure on it.

Thus, Reborner met all our demands as it had a changable structure, providing convenience when conducting disaster relief. The machine was also flexible in the ruins.