On cookware handle design method

 

(Hubei Province, Wuhan University, Wuhan 430070)

 

CLC: TS201 Document code: A Article ID: 1672 - 7894 (2009) 03 - 267 - 01

 

Abstract cookware is daily necessities in life plays an important role. A national level of product design cookware can well reflect a country living standards. Today on the overall industrial product design methods have many books, but the lack of a product of specific design method. By cookware handle design methods of research, product design research can fill specific gaps. Cookware handles mainly from the product features, material selection, structure, human factors, color and surface treatment and processing of six aspects Logo design considerations, based on this review and summarize a set of cookware handle design.

 

Keywords cookware handle design structure human factors design methodology color surface treatment

 

Today businesses and companies ignore the fundamentals of the design is very serious, but they ignore the blind pursuit of innovative design experience. "Only in the basic aspects of the design a lot of experience, in order to have the possibility of further improvement and innovation." [1] cooker handle design mainly includes six aspects:

 

A cooking product specific features

 

Form follows function, indicating functional role in the decision on the form. Product design, the function should be the primary consideration, cookware product design as well. Cooking products, including frying pan, soup pot, pan, kettle and cooker etc. Handle all kinds of cooking products feature a single portable features such as kettle, kettle body in an arched handle design; For smaller volume of cookware products are mainly single hand, designing a long handle; For larger volume cookware products, offers two-hand function, including long-and short-handle with a handle or two short handles match. Furthermore, considering the space-saving and packaging materials, spin and style handle, foldable handle and removable handle is functional orientation direction.

 

2 cookware handle material of choice

 

Cookware handle materials include two categories, metallic and non-metallic materials. Metal materials including stainless steel, aluminum, iron, metal profiles. Stainless steel is mainly used 430,304 and 202, iron is mainly used Q235. Non-metallic materials including plastics, wood, bamboo, and silicone rubber. Plastic mainly phenolic resin.

 

Stainless steel range cooker mainly for 430,304 and 202. Stainless steel forming excellent performance by die stamping and precision casting, get any reasonable beautiful shape. Polished stainless steel, surface gloss, strong metallic; after sanding treatment of stainless steel, the surface irregularities having the same direction, of varying lengths, interleaved stripes, very high texture, so stainless steel is mainly used for high-end products. Metal materials, aluminum, iron and metal profiles mainly on account of the use of material forming the richness and ease. Phenolic resin, commonly known as Bakelite, with good acid resistance, mechanical properties, heat resistance and insulation properties [2]. Bakelite costs low, so widely used, mainly by injection molding machine injection molding. Use of wood and bamboo are mainly from the environmental point of view, the need to meet the cast aluminum parts to achieve wood, bamboo design uses highly compressed bamboo after turning mainly cheaper than wood, so use more.

 

3 cookware handle structure

 

Handle structure in the form of the structure itself forms the handle and the handle connected to the body structure and cookware. Structure is divided into the handle itself is simple structure and complexity of structure, simple structure, such as iron piece silicone handle, bakelite silicone handle, the main structure in the form of iron and the handle body embedded connection. Silicone soft, silicone handle iron should be run through the body, play a supporting role. Electric wood to hard, as long as the iron bakelite handle body wear to third place, to be passed by the load test. Complex structures is the main form and style rotary handle, foldable handle and removable handle, the handle inside the body needs to make the rotation and structure of the folded structure and removable structure.

 

Cookware handles and body connection in the form of riveting, welding and stud welding. Riveted lower cost, higher rate of qualified products, more suitable for mass production. Hydraulic riveting machine is mainly used to make rivet deformation, reach the handle and cookware main seal securely connected. Spot welding operations on the joints is very high, requiring solder joint between the height of 0.3mm to 0.5mm and height requirements of each solder joint deviation is very small, so as to ensure the welding operation and cookware body welding firmness and the gap in Cookware relevant testing standards within the allowable range. Relative to the spot welding, stud welding pass rate higher in the cooker body welded stud, stud and then screw the handle body connection.

 

4 cookware handle human factors

 

The human factor handle design is mainly reflected in hand comfort. Generally in the design of the handle body will take into account the length and thickness of the handle is appropriate, considering the handle on the basis of the texture, the main body of the handle with a curved-surface shape, preferably designed as the sub-surface wave type. The parting surface design into a wave type and the negative type grip handle consistent provides good grip comfort. Button on the handle with the thumb to consider comfort fit, in addition, also on the button with the appropriate slip stripes to increase the friction between the thumb and buttons. Another thought is to break the shackles of human factors, the use of rigid or style of the design of other styles to form a unique personality characteristics cookware products.

 

5 cookware handles color and surface treatment

 

Color is the first appeal, [3] cooker should actively explore the use of color in the cooking products, rather than simple black and white ash. The use of color in a variety of cookware can make products more attractive and fashion.

 

Silicone handle the main part of the silicone used color, texture itself, there are also silicone spray paint, but the color itself is black silicone, silicone spray paint color after the effect is not very bright, bright, therefore silicone spray paint surface treatment is not commonly used. Bakelite matt surface treatment is mainly processed matt effect can be made directly on the mold, generally 108 # mesh design standards, can not use too small mesh, otherwise mold with a long time after the matt effect will be obvious. Metal handle, commonly polishing, electroplating and metal sanding to achieve the desired surface finish. Polishing grade points A, B, and C are three grades, A grade polished surface level required to achieve the specular reflection, the general form requires no special treatment on the metal surface by B grade. After polishing and plating surface treatment, metal surface gloss and strong metallic; After sanding, get tech texture, irregular surface has the same direction, of varying lengths, intertwined pinstripe.

 

Cookware handle design is an important part of the design, because the handle determines the cooking style design. Handle design is split into six parts is essential for design considerations, this six-part cooking lessons learned is the basis for innovation in product design. If you ignore the basic experience, but the blind pursuit of innovation, often designers just repeating others down the road, resulting in low levels of duplication. Accumulated sufficient experience in the design on the basis of improvement and innovation, is cooking products should be designed to take.