Disassembly of a Single Use Camera Cj Coakley Steve Jesukiewicz Maureen Mittura Michael Sanders.

Disassembly of a Single Use Camera

Cj CoakleySteve JesukiewiczMaureen MitturaMichael Sanders

Functional Components Focus free lens- focuses light on the film making pictures be able to be

developed Shutter-opens to let light in so pictures are clear Battery- provides energy for pictures to be taken Circuit board- flash of light Film cartridge- Where the images are captured and stored till developed Film gear- moves the film into cartridge after a picture is taken Central chassis- hold all the components together Springs-pull shutter and gears to make them work Viewfinder-magnifies and allows user to see the image their about to

capture Top button- the “start” button so everything inside can do its job to take

the picture Camera covers- holds all the insides together so the camera can

function

Materials Used Plastic – Casing for camera, labels,

gears, lenses, viewfinder, and film casing

Steel - Shutter open spring and the shutter wall

Cardboard - packaging Copper – shutter reset spring Alkaline Battery

Disassembly

1. Remove label, box, sticker, or whatever package the camera is wrapped in.

2. Undo the latches holding the camera together 3. Open the camera. 4. Remove the AA battery. 5. Remove circuit board and film cartridge 6. Remove viewfinder7. Remove gears8. Remove lens, springs, and shutter

Assembly 1. Add, springs, and shutter to circuit

board2. Add gears3. Add viewfinder4. Add battery and film cartridge5. Add Covers

Parts Reused The inner components of the camera

Flash components The shutter Inner housing

Most reused parts are used up to ten times.

Parts Recycled Outer Packaging Outer plastic shell

Frame Counter

Lens

Front outside casing

Back outside casing

Circuit Board

Central ChassisLens Holder

Battery

Actuating Button

Shutter

Sprocket

Camshaft

Film CartridgeFilm Advance Gear

Film Advance Lock

Actuating Spring

Actuating Arm

Shutter Spring – Not shown

Single Use Cameras

Energy Processing

Light

Lens

Image Projected on the film plane

Light sensitive film

Image Stored

Viewfinder

Select View

Electrical

Battery

Flash Charging

Flash discharge

Mechanical

Cock Shutter

Advance film by

one fame

Open Shutter

Material Processing

Advance film &

wind up shutter

Frame counti

ng

Signal Processing

Trigger shutter open

Trigger flash

discharge

Turn on flash

charging

Flash ready signal