University of Maine |
2010 MET Senior Design Project |
Maine Day Competition |
In order to judge the best pill crusher out of the 6 groups that participated in this project, a competition was held on Maine Day, April 27, 2011 in the Hill Auditorium on the University of Maine campus. Each team gave a short presentation of their design, followed by a nurses evaluation and finally a pill crushing competition. For the crushing competition, each team was given 5 sets of pills and was timed as to how long it took to crush each set with a maximum of 2 minutes.. Each pill set was placed through a screen and if all the powder did not go through than the team was given the maximum time of 2 minutes for that set. Each crusher was judged on several criteria, including cost, operation force, noise, ergonomics, and safety. At the end of the competition, the points for each category were added up and the team with the lowest overall score won. |
Home |
Team Members |
Design Specifications |
Benchmarking |
Concept Testing |
Original Design |
Force Testing |
Final Design |
Fabrication |
Competition |
Green Team |
TEAM |
RED |
ORANGE |
YELLOW |
GREEN |
BLUE |
BLACK |
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DESIGN PRESENTATION |
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POINTS |
3 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
2 |
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MATERIAL COST (RETAIL) |
$300.47 |
$152.06 |
$641.41 |
$181.79 |
$248.03 |
$48.88 |
POINTS |
5 |
2 |
6 |
3 |
4 |
1 |
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CRUSHER WEIGHT, POUNDS |
14.50 |
12.96 |
16.89 |
12.90 |
25.41 |
3.99 |
POINTS |
4 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
6 |
1 |
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OPERATION FORCE, POUNDS |
1.00 |
5.67 |
5.28 |
8.00 |
10.00 |
2.70 |
POINTS |
1 |
4 |
3 |
5 |
6 |
2 |
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OPERATION NOISE, DB |
104 |
119 |
96 |
87 |
68 |
78 |
POINTS |
5 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
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DESIGN EVALUATION |
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Ergonomics |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
6 |
5 |
Safety |
2 |
1 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
5 |
Medication isolation |
6 |
5 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Durability |
5 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Suitability for use on med cart |
5 |
2 |
4 |
6 |
3 |
1 |
Marketability |
5 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
1 |
2 |
Aesthetics |
4 |
3 |
1 |
6 |
5 |
2 |
TOTAL DESIGN POINTS |
29 |
22 |
26 |
31 |
21 |
18 |
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NURSE'S PREFERENCE |
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POINTS |
5 |
6 |
4 |
3 |
2 |
1 |
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CRUSHING COMPETITION |
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(4) 325mg Aspirin pills |
16 |
12 |
18 |
120 |
38 |
27 |
(4) 325mg Aspirin pills |
16 |
12 |
120 |
120 |
32 |
27 |
(4) 600 mg One-A- Day pills |
120 |
120 |
120 |
120 |
120 |
112 |
(4) 600 mg One-A- Day pills |
120 |
120 |
120 |
120 |
120 |
45 |
(2) 600 mg Calcium pills |
120 |
48 |
120 |
120 |
120 |
43 |
TOTAL TIME, (10 minutes max) |
392 |
312 |
498 |
600 |
430 |
254 |
POINTS |
3 |
2 |
5 |
6 |
4 |
1 |
POINTS*25 |
75 |
50 |
125 |
150 |
100 |
25 |
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TOTAL POINTS |
387.86 |
387.86 |
449 |
419 |
305 |
151 |
FINISH |
3 |
3 |
5 |
4 |
2 |
1 |