I walked into a thrift shop and found a Bad-ass looking space shooter.
It was pretty easy to tear down the product using bare hands and a screw driver!
Below is the description of the Part , its material and the manufacturing process.
- Outer casing (Top) : made of ABS plastic done by Injection Molding
- Shooter Shaft : made out of transparent ABS plastic done by Injection Molding.
- Shooter Shaft Lid : made out of ABS plastic and Injection molded
- Outer casing (Bottom) : made of ABS plastic done by Injection Molding
- LEDs : made out of Glass and semiconductors by glass molding
- PCB : made out of Glass, Epoxy and copper through multiple processes
- Battery Slot : opener made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- Plastic disk : made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- Ceramic Capacitor : made out of ceramic by ceramic molding and baking
- Spring : made out of Steel/iron Alloy by coiling
- Screws : made out of Stainless Steel by casting, machining and threading
- Wire + Battery connector : made out of plastic, copper, aluminium and solder
- Trigger Parts : made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- Housing : made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- Shooter : made out of foam and press cut
- Battery casing : made out of ABS plastic by injection molding.
- AA Batteries : multiple process
It was fun doing this activity! Sad I couldn’t put it back, as I stripped down even the last piece of wire!
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Nice job, Sowmya! How can you tell the difference between ABS plastic and other types? What other potential types of plastic could that clear piece be made from, and why would a designer choose one over the other? Check out this video about how ceramic capacitors are made: https://youtu.be/gFEYuaY35Vo
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