SE2: TS Soft Serve Attachment: Formal Progress Presentation

The goal of our project is to evenly and thoroughly apply an external (dry) fluid to an independently operating system to ensure maximum operating efficiency. The chemical Molybdenum Disulfide, a dry lubricant, will be applied to a two-stroke engine while the engine is still operating, ensuring the shaft of the engine is evenly and thoroughly lubricated to increase operating efficiency. Two-stroke engines are found in outboard motors, which can be found on small water craft, including vessels which would be operating in marine environments.

A Standard Ice Cream Machine

Our design briefs are as followed:

Team- to design and model an attachable apparatus to a soft serve ice cream machine to coat the ice cream in sprinkles as the stream leaves the apparatus.

Personal- to design and model a working electrical system that will cause vibrations throughout the apparatus that allow the sprinkles to penetrate the stream of ice cream.

A Taylor Ice Cream Machine

The finished product will be tested on one of the soft serve machines in Day's Ice Cream in Ocean Grove, New Jersey. Ideally, the ice cream will be evenly coated in sprinkles as it comes out of the spigot and passes through the attachment into the cone.

Procedure:

the apparatus will be attached to one of the spigots on a soft serve machine
one of the owner's of Day's will then use the attachment to fill a cone while the apparatus is engaged
the entire process will be videotaped/photographed/observed first hand
the finished cone will then be subjected to a "taste test" to ensure quality
a brief survey/questionnaire will then be administered to test the entire process