Azar
Gaming Console.
Opportunity
Design a gaming console housing for manufacture using no metal fasteners.
Challenge
Consoles with smaller footprints are catching on among serious and casual gamers alike. Many of these gamers enjoy older games on disc formats as there is a surge of nostalgia around popular games from older eras.
Solution
By designing a console with a smaller footprint that includes a disc drive, we can appeal to those gamers who want to play disc-based games. At the same time, the console will be cheaper to manufacture due to the lack of metal fasteners.
MOODBOARD
Choosing images with a similar aesthetic to what we wished to achieve gave us guidelines as we sketched.
Sketching
Experimenting with different shapes and applying exploded views allowed the team to visualize parting lines and how the shell would assemble.
Final design
MATERIAL anD MANUFACTURING
exploded view
Internal components were modeled to assure that they would fit inside the housing as designed. The housing itself is injection-molded from ABS for heat resistance, rigidity, and finish options.
Snap Features
Multi-cantilever snaps were chosen to hold the housing together because they provide positive engagement, are quite strong, and will disengage easily for disassembly.
Heat staking
Because the brief called for no metal fasteners to be used, heat staking was chosen to secure internal components.
Clearance Testing
A render using clear material for housing was created to show the clearance of internal parts and the housing.
Project Notes
Team Members: Jonathan Comeau, Sam Fear, Isabel Nava, Chandler Davis, Eric Primo
Project Duration: Five Weeks
My Role: Sketching and Ideation, Manufacturing Research, 3D Modeling, Rendering