Single Use Camera

Functional Components of the Camera

• Capacitor and Circuit Board• Loading Mechanisms• Outer and Inner Casings• Film Canister• Shutter button and Shutter• Number Wheel• Winding Gear

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Materials Used in a Disposable Camera

• All plastic parts are made of ABS plastic• Both springs and the shutter are made of steel• Circuit board is made of fiberglass with printed

conductive pathways made of copper

Disassembly

1. Separate the front and back covers by prying open the 4 tabs where the covers meet

2. Discharge capacitor3. Remove the circuit board and battery4. Remove film canister5. Remove the lens and shutter6. Remove trigger assembly, viewfinder,

advance wheel, and frame counter

Assembly• Essentially the same as disassembly, but in reverse order

1. Reinsert trigger assembly, viewfinder, advance wheel, and frame counter

2. Reinsert the lens and shutter3. Replace film canister4. Reinsert the circuit board and battery5. Put the two covers back together

Parts of Camera

Mechanical Parts

Lens Parts

Electrical Parts

Light

Lens

Image Projected on Film

Light Sensitive Film

Image Stored

Viewfinder

Select View

Electrical

Battery

Flash Charging

Flash Discharge

Mechanical

Cock Shutter

Advance Film by One Frame

Open Shutter

Energy Processing

Material Processing

Advance Film and Wind up

Shutter

Frame Counting

Signal Processing

Trigger Shutter Open

Trigger Flash Discharge

Turn on Flash Charging

Flash Ready Signal

Reused and Recycled

• 90% of all parts are reused or recycled• Body and other plastic parts are recycled• Metal and other functioning materials are

quality tested and reused again.