Manufacturing

My part of this product will be using an American system of manufacturing. This is defined as a type of manufacturing that involves semi-skilled workers machines, tools, or templates. Parts of a structure in an American system of manufacturing interchangeable and mass produced. The products being used to build the structural aspect of the buoy include PVC piping and fittings (different styles can be seen in Figure 3), as well as anchor chain and a plastic heavy duty bucket. These are all things that are massed produced and interchangeable, but need to be cut and put together by a semi-skilled workers.

Categories
The only category I will be using in my design is the construction. Once I receive all the pieces I need to build my buoy, I will simply cut them to the proper sizes and construct the final buoy. The proper in depth procedure of how the structural aspect of the buoy will be constructed can be seen in my plan of procedure on my blog. My partner Amy will be working with physics and buoyancy. My other two partners, Amanda and Elizabeth, will be working on electronics. They will be connecting all sensors to a computer and a data logger to work without any outside energy source. So the overall buoy will be using construction, physics, and electronics in the final manufacturing steps. Below in Figure 4 is an exploded view of my final solution, which shows how the buoy will be constructed.