Pringles Package

Katie Iuorio and Anish Tailor

Group Norms

Our group for the Pringles project will speak to each other every day to update everyone. We will communicate through Skype chat. All ideas will be passed throughout everyone and approved or declined. Each member is assigned a part of an assignment that is due at a specified date. Each group member’s workload is equal and of the best quality. We trust everyone in the group to complete their assigned parts on time, and to the nest of their ability. If the group member does not complete his/her assignment, it becomes piled onto his/her new assignments.

Steps of the Design Process

Defining the Problem

• We have to send a Pringle chip through the postal service to our partners at Conant High School, and we have to design a way to cushion or protect the chip, so it can make it all the way there without breaking.

• We also have to effectively communicate with our partners who go to another school, and who we do not get to see

Brainstorming

• Our three ideas were:– Create a Bubble Wrap Casing– Make a Box out of Styrofoam– Use Packing Peanuts

• After weighing the pros and cons of each idea, we decided to make a box out of styrofoam

Research

Research

Methods of packing and shipping fragile items

– Newspaper– Packing peanuts– Cotton balls– Popcorn– Foam– Bubble wrap– Wrap it in a T-shirt

Pringle Measurements

– Thickness: 0.066 in– Length: 2.421 in– Width: 1.609 in– Middle Thickness: 0.427 in

Also Researched

• Beginnings of Pringles• Marketing• Recipe• Flavors• Postal Service• Styrofoam• Cotton Balls• Bubble Wrap• Packing Peanuts

Project Design Brief

•  Client Company: The teacher would be the client company because we are doing this project for them.

• Target Consumer: The target consumer would be Fremd and Conant because that is where the Pringle is getting sent to,

• Designers: The designers are the students working on the project. They are Anish Tailor, Katie Iuorio, Matt Grgurich, and Shaan Parikh.

 

• Problem Statement: We need to get a Pringle through the postal service. It has to remain eatable at all times. We must do this without breaking it.

• Design Statement:    Through brainstorming, research, and doing a decision matrix, we have determined that the best solution to suit our design criteria is to make a Styrofoam casing for the Pringle chip that will form to its shape and cushion it while it is transported through the postal service.

 

• Constraints: There are four constraints in this project. They are that the Pringle can’t break or become inedible in any way. It also has to go through the postal service within a box 3x5 in.

Decision Matrix

Durability

Idea will not cushion product at all

Idea would most likely not cushion the chip

Idea would possibly cushion the chip during shipping

Idea would most likely chshion the chip

Idea would safely cushion the chip during shipping

Availability of Materials

It would be very difficult to get the materials

Many materials would be difficult to get

Many materials are easily available or somewhat available

Most materials are easily accessible

Materials are easily accessible and available

Size

Idea would fit only into the largest box

Idea would fit into the second largest box

Idea would fit into a medium size box

Idea would fit into the second smallest box

Product would fit into the smallest box or the envelope

Cost

Idea would cost a lot to make/ get materials

Materials would cost between $20 and $30

Materials would cost between $10 and $20 total

Materials would cost less than $10

Materials are virtually free or very inexpensive

Time to Make

Idea would take a very long time to make

Idea would take around ten days to complete

Idea would take around a week to make

Idea would take around three or four days to make

Idea would take only a day or two to make

Decision Matrix Durability

Availability of Materials Size Cost

Time to Make

Total Score

Styrofoam Casing 4 3 4 3 3 17

Packing Peanuts 3 4 2 3 4 16

Bubble Wrap 2 3 3 2 4 14

Inventor Drawings

Pringle Chip

Cotton Ball

Side of Styrofoam Case

Box Assembly

Box Exploded View

Calculations and Testing

Testing

• With no variables such as wind and weather, the chip within its casing can withstand any drop height. Due to its flat structures, the case floats down.

• There can be a maximum of 33 lb. of force directed upon the top or bottom of the casing. Due to the case’s internal absorption

• On either side of the case, there can be a maximum of 20 lb. applied before rupture.

• After being placed in a cold environment, in this case a freezer measuring a temperature of 0 degrees Fahrenheit, for three hours, the casing still holds up its own structure with the chip inside.

• After being placed in a warm environment, in this case an aluminum foil bowl in the sun measuring a temperature of 63 degrees Fahrenheit, for three hours, the casing still holds up its structure with the chip inside.

• The chip within the case also held up after five minutes of two people throwing the case to each other.

Testing

Testing

Calculations

• L x D x H = Total space within the package (volume)

• 6.5 x 5.875 x 1.75 = 66.828125 in^3 • There are two plates that are 6.5 in. by 5.875 in.

by 0.875 in.• The area of the top of both plates is 38.1875 in^2 • The depth of the hole inside the package is 0.625

in. deep• The length of the hole inside the package is 2.75

in. • The holes are on each inner-panels of the

package.

Bibliography

• http://www.usps.com/prices/priority-mail-prices.htm• http://www.theupsstore.com/products/pages/pac.aspx• http://www.foundvalue.com/article/how-to-pack-and-ship-

fragile-items• http://reviews.ebay.com/A-Collector-apos-s-Guide-To-Shi

pping-Fragile-Items-Cheaply_W0QQugidZ10000000002488823

• http://www.gopackagingstore.com/Ship-Fragile-Items.htm

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pringles

The Opening!