TRIZ

TEAM TARUC-EXC

EDWARD LIM YEE SIANG

CHONG NYEE HAO

CHAN SHI JUN

PA system

admin

Audio Cables

• Length of cable

:45metre

• Thickness :4mm

• 4 cables used

• 46 minutes to tidy up

!!!

•Able keep and reorganising multiples cable in

shorter time.

•Reduced the damage occurred to the cables,

hence the life time of the cable will be

extended.

•It has to be a low cost product solution

which is estimated to cost less than

RM100.

Problem Statement

Function Oriented

Search

Transfer Function

S-Curve Analysis

Trend of increasing

value/ideality

Proposed Solution

Key Problem

• Complicated audio cable maintenance

• Messy audio cables when lengths of cable are not fully used

• Hard to carry around due to the size of container

Required function

• Simple to deploy and keep audio cables

• Not messy when lengths of cable are not fully used

• Easy to carry/push around for length adjustment

• Small in size and able to squeeze in tight spot

General function

• To store cables

Functional Parameters

• Portability

• Ease of setup and dismantle

• Multiple cable storage

• Size

• Cost

Audio and video cable

storage organizer

US 5372225 A

Canare Reel Snake

US Patent No: 5,068,495Hannay AVCQ20-14-16 Removable Spool Portable Cable Reel

Alternate System 1

Alternate System 2

Alternate System 3

Alternate System 4

Alternate systems Disadvantages

1 - Not able to store longer and thicker audio cables

2 - Another set of cables are needed to connect the input port of cable to the amplifier

- Replacing SISO cable with snake cable

- Huge in size and expensive

4 - Unable to store multiple cables

Box (Base system)

Key Parameters

Alternative

System 1

Alternative

System 2

Alternative

System 4Base system

US Patent No:

5,068,495

Canare Reel

Snake

Portable Cable

ReelBox

Portability+ + + _

Ease of setup

and dismantle + + + _

Store multiple

cables + + _ +

Size_ _ + _

Cost_ _ + +

Key Paramaters

•Portability

•Ease of setup and

dismantle

•Store multiple

cables

•Size

•Cost

• To achieve higher value – cost decrease – functionality maintain

• Perform cost reduction