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AFM 9000 automatic falafel machine PINK A problem solution - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
AFM 9000 automatic falafel machine PINK A problem solution - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
AFM 9000 automatic falafel machine PINK A problem solution market Chicago Boston 190 | 30 90 | 21 New York City 150 | 28 San Francisco Washington DC 330 | 75 140 | 33 Houston 70 | 20 Estimated price of AFM 9000: 30,000 restaurants
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solution
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market
San Francisco 330 | 75 Chicago 190 | 30 Houston 70 | 20 Washington DC 140 | 33 New York City 150 | 28
30,000 restaurants serving falafel in US 5,000 food trucks serving falafel in US
Boston 90 | 21
$3000
Estimated price
- f AFM 9000:
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needs
Size
Retrofits 20”(w) x 25”(l) x 36”(h) space Hopper holds 2 gallons of dough
Efficiency
Throughput: 1 ball/sec
Usability
Easy to clean & assemble Minimize human interaction needed
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challenge
Mechanism to effectively extrude falafel dough into balls
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#1: rollers
What we learned:
- Not well-suited to dough consistency
- Dough escapes through gaps
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#2: auger
What to improve:
- Apply pressure to dough to move it
into the auger
What we learned:
- Extrusion screw effectively feeds dough
into molds
- Molds form solid cylinders of dough
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#2: auger
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next steps
Prototype with FDA approved materials Motorize extrusion mechanism User testing with Clover MIT Link to order-taking mobile device