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Info:Crux Harvest Gold Design Challenge
How crates are circulated everyday in the markets?
- Around 50,000-60,000 crates in a cycle at time.
- Breads need to be delivered in 3 to 4 hrs.Therefore, crates are handled roughly.
- Crates stacked inside in a truck and transported to various markets. Preferably no empty space left in the truck.
- Usually one person on the truck(3.5-4 feet high) hands the crates to two persons on the ground.
- 4-5 stacked crates are carried by a person to the shops on his shoulder.
- These crates are dropped from his shoulders(4-4.5 feet high) on the ground.
- Impact damages the crates.
- Crates usually dropped on concrete floors.
Challenge...
- Design a mechanism to carry the crates at a lower height so that the impact is less when dropped.
- Or design a forklift to offload the crated from the trucks.
- Dimensions of the crates should not be changed. Crates are designed so that they get tightly stacked in a truck. Mould/dye of a crate costs 15-20 lac rupees.
- Investment on the idea has to recover in 6 months to 1 year.
About the crate
- One crate full of breads weighs around 6-7 kgs.4 crates =>24-28 kgs.
- One crate costs around Rs 200.
- Breakage common at the edges.
TO UNDERSTAND THE STRESS ANALYSIS BETTER CONTACT:-
PROF. B.P. PATEL (APPLIED MECHANICS) OR
PROF. NARESH BHATNAGAR (MECHANICAL)
DAMAGED CRATES WILL BE KEPT FOR DISPLAY SOON AT VARIOUS PLACES IN IIT.
VIDEOS WILL BE UPLOADED SOON.
PREPARE A DETAILED DOCUMENTATION OF YOUR IDEA BEFORE THE 24TH OF OCTOBER.
FOR ANY FURTHER QUERY WRITE A MAIL TO:-
YATIN BHARDWAJ - 9654618868
SWATI PASRIJA - 9953687246