M.E.I.- Ball Sorter

Name/Group Name: Andreya Marie Alvarez, Emie Jenelle Asanza, Monica Osia

DESIGN TASK:

Design Brief: Our ball sorter is able to sort larger types of balls such as table tennis balls from smaller types of balls such as marbles.

Design Requirement:

Construct, assemble and fit a simple stratagem that will sort table tennis balls and marbles. From a raised bin, the table tennis balls and marbles should travel on a spiral route down to separate containers.

a. The container must have two divider: one for the table tennis balls and one for the marbles.

b. In the middle part, the two different balls should be able to sort before they reach the area destined for each of them.

c. Our device should be made of cardboard/illustration board/chip board.

d. Containers (bin and compartment) should not go beyond 20 centimetres in length, width and height.

e. Length of the lane or chute varies depending on the design

CONSTRAINTS AND CONSIDERATIONS:

Constraints	Grade	Considerations	Grade
Durability		Longer roads
Volume		Spacious path
Height		Paint
Ability		More balls
Mass		Wheels
Firmness		Handle
		Emoticons
		Sign

TOP FIVE PRIORITIES:

CONSTRAINTS	CONSIDERATIONS
Durability	Wheels
Height	Handle
Ability	Paint
Mass	Spacious Path
Firmness	Signs

EVALUATION CRITERIA:

These are our five questions that we can use to evaluate our work when we have finished our artefact.

1. Will it be able to sort out each type of ball into their respective container?

2. Are there going to be any damages with the device?

3. Will the rolling of the balls be fast and smooth?

4. Is our device going to be durable enough to last for a long time?

5. Is our device going to be firm enough?

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JOURNAL: This is the part where we share and narrate to all of you our everyday adventures and activities in making the ball sorter.

July 28, 2015
Planning the ball sorter

We planned about the design of the ball sorter.

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July 29, 2015

Planning the blog

We started to think about what we were about to put on our blog

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August 4, 2015

On this day, we did the things we were supposed to do. We tried to finish the mind map, and also fill up the data needed with fixed plans.

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September 2, 2015

Doing the ball sorter.

Preparing the materials.

So basically, this was the body of the ball sorter.

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We planned about the way the path of the ball sorter will be placed and made.

And here's the result. :)

This is our first plan, having small and narrow holes therefore giving a small chance for the marbles to fall in time. Soon, we revised the plan and made the path for marbles bigger, making it easier to fall.

This is the platform that we utilized for being the area where the marbles will fall and go to the container.

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September 8,2015

Fixing the artifact

We measured again the measurements of the path because we decided to remake the paths.

As of this day, this is the result

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September 9, 2015

Testing the Mechanisms.

We did a better version of our previous path for the marbles will fall faster and with high probability. We also made sure that the marbles won't be able to pass through the sides.

After so many tries and adjustments, the path seem to work perfectly for both marbles and ping pong balls.