Cost Analysis (Josh)
Aluminum: $0.86 per pound
PVC Pipe: $0.50 per foot
Plastic: $0.40 per pound
Plastic Motor Gear: $2.00 (2)
Approximate price to make: $30.00
Selling Price: $60.00
PVC Pipe: $0.50 per foot
Plastic: $0.40 per pound
Plastic Motor Gear: $2.00 (2)
Approximate price to make: $30.00
Selling Price: $60.00
Working Mechanism (Josh)
The dough is first placed through the top of the device where the rollers flatten it. The fillings are placed into the funnel and dropped onto the dough which is transported by a conveyor belt operated by a gear system. Once the dough reaches the bottom of the conveyor belt, two cutters shape the dumpling into a circle for folding. The dumplings then roll out onto the the revolving platform. Once each folder is filled with the dough and filling within, a switch will clamp each dumpling into the proper shape. The dumplings are then manually removed from each tray and the process is repeated.