Final thoughts

In regard to the Full Access prototype, we can affirm to have reached all the initial requirements and to have been able to satisfy all the desires we prearranged.

As a matter of fact, the final component, in addition to being self-repairing and respecting the geometrical, structural, regulatory and economic constraints, is ready to become an élite product in his field.

Indeed, its cost is 30% lower than the actual one’s and we obtained that without complicating the productive cycle or modifying the special pin.

Future Developments

Unfortunately, due to lack of time, we cannot achieve the same goals for the Barrier model: the economic and the regulatory costrains have not been respected.

In the future, it could be the right choice to improve this model, trying to bring this prototype to the same level of the principal one.

In order to respect the regulation, the essential part is to find a spring that guarantees the same kinematics of the initial concept, but, at the same time, ensures high pull out strength.

Instead, about the economic part, the solution could be the topologic optimization of the Blocking Cam and the Case, trying to obtain components with less material and saving money.

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