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    A product teardown was performed on a glue gun to understand its components and functionality. Key components included a trigger assembly, heating element, glue guide, and casing. The teardown revealed how electrical energy is converted to heat and how the trigger feeds glue through the heated tip when pressed. The plastic packaging and screws hold the device together for use.

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    A product teardown was performed on a glue gun to understand its components and functionality. Key components included a trigger assembly, heating element, glue guide, and casing. The teardown revealed how electrical energy is converted to heat and how the trigger feeds glue through the heated tip when pressed. The plastic packaging and screws hold the device together for use.

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    A product teardown was performed on a glue gun to understand its components and functionality. Key components included a trigger assembly, heating element, glue guide, and casing. The teardown revealed how electrical energy is converted to heat and how the trigger feeds glue through the heated tip when pressed. The plastic packaging and screws hold the device together for use.

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    Product Teardown

    A product teardown process is a formal approach to learning about and modeling


    the functional behavior and physical components of a product.

    Purpose "
    Dissection and analysis during Competitive benchmarking Gain experience and knowledge
    product evolution Establish a baseline in terms of Grow engineering knowledge
    Evaluate the current status of a understanding and from which to draw in new
    product. Understand the current representation of the competition. concept development. Provide the
    technology, functions, and The baseline provides a basis for transferring solutions to
    components. Identify strengths, comparison for new conceptual analogous problems.
    weaknesses, and opportunities designs.
    for new products.

    Teardown Process 2. Prepare for teardown


    1. List the design issues Gather tools needed for collecting the desired
    Identify the purpose of the teardown. Determine information (identified in step 1) and documenting
    what models should result from this exercise. Create the teardown process such as metrology tools or
    a data sheet in which all information can be scales. A digital camera and ruler is capable of
    captured. Possible information includes: capturing geometry quickly when only rough
    • component names dimensions are needed.
    • weight
    • material
    • dimensions
    • finish
    • manufacturing process
    • tolerances
    • functions
    • cost
    • notes

    06-20-08! 1
    3. Examine the distribution and installation 5. Create system models
    How is the product packaged? What is involved in Product assembly and geometric model
    installation? Both are important factors in product When photos do not provide sufficient detail,
    development process. Examine installation and geometric models can be created as part of the
    operation documentation and packaging for cost teardown learning exercise.
    effectiveness and liability.
    Force flow diagrams
    Track the movement of forces through a product.
    Used to expose opportunities for component
    4. Disassemble, measure, analyze data, and model
    combinations, highlights opportunities to improve
    by assemblies
    product. See the resource on force flow diagrams.
    Analyze and measure the complete product first.
    Coordinate disassembly with measurement, Functional models
    experimentation, and modeling. Take apart assembly Capture the behavior of of a product by focusing on
    (be clear about what non-destructive disassembly is what it does not how it does it (which is the role of
    acceptable and needed) . Take pictures of each geometry). Functional models demonstrate the
    component, major assembly, and photograph the product’s transformation and transference of
    product in an exploded view. Take measurements to materials, information, and energy from an input
    complete data sheet. Be sure that all data models and state into the desired functions. See the resource on
    pictures are referenced in the data sheet. generating functional models with the subtract and
    operate procedure.

    2! 06-20-08
    Product Teardown

    THE ROCKET AVENGERS


    -PAUL SOWINSKI
    -TYLER MERRITT
    -WILLIAM KRAMP

    MARCH 3, 2008
    ME 223-01
    Product Before Teardown
    Product with Ruler
    Exploded Image
    Heating Element Up Close
    Trigger Assembly
    Product Functional Model
    Force Flow Diagram
    Product Teardown (Part I)

    !! Product Teardown 28 pieces

    !! Plastic packaging: protect and display product for purchase.


    !! (4) Exterior screws: hold case halves together.
    !! (1) Right case half: acts as part of a handle and contains the rest of the parts.

    !! (1) Left case half: acts as part of a handle and contains the rest of the parts.
    !! (1) Short flat spring: provides resistance for trigger?
    !! (1) Long skinny spring: provides a returning force for the trigger.

    !! (1) Trigger assembly:


    !! (1) Trigger: acts a activation of glue gun operation.
    !! (1) Linkage arm: connects trigger to rest of trigger assembly.
    !! (1) Glue clamp: clamps glue stick to be fed into heating element.
    !! (1) Clamp shaft: connects clamp to rest of trigger assembly.
    !! (1) Glue guide: guides glue into heating element.
    Product Teardown (Part II)

    !! (1) Heating element assembly:


    !! (1) AC cord: transfers electrical energy from wall outlet to heating element. Cord is
    wrapped with 1 white wire tie as part of packaging for sale.
    !! (2) Heat shrink sleeves: cover and protect connection from AC cord to smaller wires.
    !! (2) Small wires: transfers electrical energy from AC cord to heating pads.
    !! (2) Heating pads: convert electrical power to heat.
    !! (1) Rectangular block: heating element core.
    !! (1) Heating element shroud: contains heating pads and rectangular block and acts a
    barrier between heating pads and casing.

    !! (1) Rubber guide: guides glue into part # 5 casing.

    !! (1) Clamp: clamps rubber guide to part # 5 casing

    !! (1) Metal part # 5 casing:


    !! (1) Check ball valve in tip: stops glue from flowing when no pressure is on trigger.
    !! (1) Valve backing plate: holds check ball valve in place.
    !! (1) Check ball valve spring: returns check ball valve to closed position.

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