Mechanical

Engineering
Design Day
Clean Up Your Game: The Iron Clean Date: November 30, 2010
Nicholas LaBriola, James Steele, Henry Hong, YiPeng Liu, Jimmy
General need for the product
Objective Chou
CTQ Engineering characteristics
Concept Generation
Competition
The current method for cleaning a golf club Cost Weight • Hand Brush – Manual
during a round of golf is labor intensive and Size Case Toughness • Ultrasonic – Expensive
time-consuming. Clean Time Motor Speed Selection Criteria
Free-Body Diagram Angle of Rotation Weight/Siz Weights
Estimation of market size Force Applied to Club e 0.265
• 60 million golfers worldwide Battery Life Production
• $30 billion spent annually on golf-related # of Operations Cost 0.474
commodities Clean Time 0.045
• After 5 years, 5 million units sold target Constraints Angle of
Size/Weight Rotation 0.089 Cylinder [1] 3-Brush [2] Dual Rotating [3]
CTQ Customer requirements Automated Battery Life 0.127 Pro: Brush+Water Pro: Compact Pro: 360º Clean
Transportability Clean Time Short Clean Time
Final Decision Con: Bulky Con: Gear Assembly Pro: Transportable
Quick Part Replacement Compact Cost
1 2 3 Con: Complex Con: 180º Clean Con: Dry
Aesthetically Pleasing Strong Case Material Strength
0.197 0.337 0.465 Final concept: Based on AHP results and satisfaction of CTQ customer
requirements, the 360º dual rotating brush device is the design of choice.

Design Prototype and Testing Results and Future Work

Product Operation
1. Club run over scraper
2. Club is inserted into enclosure
3. Device actuated by the switch
4. Battery powers motor
5. Motor turns gears assembly
6a. Brushes clean club face
6b. Club is rotated in enclosure
Key Innovations
• Scraper removes large clumps
• DC motor automates process
• Rechargeable Battery Pack
•Portability
• Fit Inside Golf Bag
• Easily Serviceable Parts
• Quick Clean Time
Customer Testing Product Development Process (PDP)
① • Cleaning Rating •Problem Definition – Surveyed golfers to assess need for product.
• Ease of Use •Concept Generation – Proposed 5 functional design ideas.
• Overall Quality Rating •Concept Selection – Used AHP to determine the best concept.
⑥② ③ • Time to Clean •Embodiment Design – Determined part geometry, material
selection, and manufacturing processes for selected design.
Brush Force on Club Face Mechanical Testing •Prototype and Testing – Purchased motor and gearing assembly;
Dry Wet • Brush Forces and Moments manufactured remaining parts; tested key functionalities.
④ Club Club • Angle of Cleaning - 360°
⑤ Min 7.85 N 5.5 N • Thermal Analysis Recommendation for Future Design
•Vibrations Upgrade to wet system Decrease size
Max 22.6 N 18.6 N Finite Element Analysis Golf ball Compartment Sensor actuation
Tradeoffs Improve brush efficiency
Force Applied (1) : 196 N
• Dry system only Max Deflection (1): 0.12 mm
① ②
• Golf ball attachment and Process Reflection
polish not designed due to • Concept Generation – Innovative ideas from various perspectives.
Max Stress (2): 196 N
customer disinterest • Concept Selection – Ideal design chosen by analytical means.
Max Deflection (2): 0.57 mm
• Prototyping – Built the physical device to test functionalities.

ENME472 - Integrated Product and Process Design and Development