In the month of November, our team has moved to a different design that shows a laterally folding handrail system which boasts simplicity, integration, and ease of use. We have begun developing physical prototypes to showcase our concept, along with finalizing key details of our design. Our team first focused on completing a scaled down PVC model of our prototype. This was important to test the functionality and provide a physical model to present to our client.
After the completion of the PVC model, we begun doing static and stress analysis on our CAD model, where we learned of our design’s weak points and begun working on new solutions to those points.
We also began finalizing our procurement form and looked into ordering the necessary materials to build a full scale model. This model will only include one of the handrails and will show a full sized working model to present to our client, and provide next semester’s group a model to build on.