Choenyana GM, CHNGET001

HYDRAULIC SLEEVE AND ADJUSTING UNIT

Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3

Evaluation criteria Weight (%) Concept 1 Concept 2 Concept 3 Comments

Low cost 20

High reliability 30

Minimum maintenance 20

Ecologically friendly 5

Safety 20

Durability 5

100
TOTAL

High Reliability (30%) Value System

High reliability has the most weight as it is a bus stop and will need to be highly reliable as it will be
A value system of numbers ranging from 1 to 5 was chosen. The numbers imply the following:
shading people from the scotching sun at noon after work. 1 – Poor 2 – Below average 3 – Average 4 – Above average 5 – Good

Low Cost (20%)

Weight profile
A strict budget was giving for the provision and design of the shading so low cost is definitely a HUGE
factor in the weighting. Each evaluation criterion was assigned a weight percentage. The following pie chart shows a fraction of the weight of each
evaluation criterion:
Safety (20%)

As people will be standing and interacting under the bus proposed stop shade, safety is definitely a
Weight (%)
priority as people’s lives/wellbeing is at stake.

Minimum Maintenance (20%) Low cost

5 High reliability
Since the budget is tight, minimum maintenance would be priority so it does minimal effect to other 20
20
work to be done. Minimum maintenance
5 Ecologically friendly
Durability (5%) 30
20 Safety
There would be no moving parts on the shade, so durability would not have much of an effect on a Durability
rigid body