The final opener design makes use of several added features to improve the hinge and lip strength as well as improve the aesthetics and ergonomics of the opener. Hinge and Lip Strength Improvements To improve the …
Collapsible bottle opener
Collapsable Bottle Opener – Printer Parameters
Initially, the bottle opener took three hours to print using the home-user printers we have in lab. However, because the home-user printers lack the resolution to print a moving hinge, all other prototypes were printed on a stratasys …
Collapsible Bottle Opener – Prototype and Evaluation
The printing of our most recent prototypes included a larger hinge and altering the curvature of the opener to better grasp the bottle lid. These models restricted to movement of the hinge to 90 degrees. The …
Collapsible Bottle Opener – Strength Optimization Rev. 2
Upon successful printing after our first design modifications, we analyzed the bottle opener and new concerns and ideas arose. The bottle opener had been printed to restrict hinge movement past 90 degrees (see Figure 1 …
Collapsible Bottle Opener – Strength Optimization
The hinge on the last prototype was rather weak, and the insoluble support was difficult to remove. For the next design the hinge will be made bigger and given bigger clearances so that the support structure can more …
Collapsible Bottle Opener – CAD Component Design
This week the team worked on integrating the the profile of a bottle opener with the hinge and clasp design from a bag clip. While the hinge and clasp design for the bag clip was …
Collapsible Bottle Opener – Ideas and Requirements
Problem Statement Design a collapsible bottle opener in such a way that it cannot be made with traditional manufacturing methods. It is desired that the bottle opener be collapsible to better fit inside a pocket …