Industrial Design
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Prince Castle - Ergonomic Grill Scraper
- Protect employees burning hand on upper grill.
- Improve cleaning quality and reduce damage to grill surface by insuring proper blade angle throughout stroke.
- Use manufacturing process with low tooling investment.
- Unit compatible with existing blade sharpening and tool storage bin .
To satisfy an urgent request from one of their customers, Prince Castle enlisted DiMonte Group Inc. to develop an improved grill scraper.
Challenge
Near the conclusion of the project the customer mandated a change from a disposable blade to a re-sharpenable one. The scraper had to be altered to fit several existing blade sharpeners without any adjustment in deadline.
Development
After exploring the problem with 2-D sketching and 3-D massing models, a flexible test rig was constructed to evaluate ergonomics. As the design progressed, durable models were produced to prove concepts in restaurant tests.
Design for Manufacture
Finite Element Analysis (FEA) software was employed to develop strong geometry that satisfied the ergonomic, functional, & aesthetic criteria.
Quick response to change
Near the conclusion of the project the customer mandated a change from a disposable blade to a re-sharpenable one. The scraper had to be altered to fit several existing blade sharpeners without any adjustment in deadline.
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