Minion Yoyo '19

Mini feature on CPISP Website

Project Description

Team Members : Marwa AlAlawi,Benjamin Gutierrez, Lily Mueller, Jonathan Sampson

2.008, also known as Design and Manufacturing ii, is a class taken by many mechanical engineering students as part of the MechE degree at MIT. In 2.008, students form teams of 4-7 to design and mass manufacture 50 functional yo-yos from scratch. In my team of four, I was mainly in charge of coming up with the overall design of the yo-yo, which we based on the cute Universal Studios “minion” character—as well as the 3D CAD (computer aided design), CAM (computer aided manufacturing), mold milling , and injection molding of the yellow face of the yo-yo (see diagram). Designing this part proved trickier than the other yoyo parts because it interfaces with both base goggle. Hence, needing to adjust mold design dimensions according to plastic shrinkage percentages for both post injection molding. (Other tasks included laser cutting, punching, thermoforming and milling other molds).

Project Keywords

• Product Design
• Mold Design
• Injection Molding
• CAD & CAM (Fusion 360)
• Thermoforming
• 3D Printing
• Laser-cutting