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Improved Key Cards

Improved Key Cards. By Logan Eddy, Jeffrey S. Hammond and Marcus Walters. SNAP!!. Research Question. Which key will withstand more stress, the newer composites fiberglass or the older plastic? We used four tests to determine this: Laundry Test Three-Point Bending Test Hot/Cold Test

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Improved Key Cards

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  1. Improved Key Cards By Logan Eddy, Jeffrey S. Hammond and Marcus Walters

  2. SNAP!!

  3. Research Question • Which key will withstand more stress, the newer composites fiberglass or the older plastic? • We used four tests to determine this: • Laundry Test • Three-Point Bending Test • Hot/Cold Test • Torsion Test

  4. Hypothesis • If we make the keys out of a stiffer, or more flexible, material such as fiberglass or different plastics, then the keys will be less likely to break.

  5. Hypothesis • We predict that the fiberglass key will withstand the most stress and outlast any of the other types of keys.

  6. Background Research • Keys were developed over 3500 years ago • Keys are tools used for opening locks • The oldest known lock is estimated to be 4000 years old • People first started trying to improve keys in 1778

  7. Materials List • Fiberglass Composite • Hot Water • Plastic • Resin • Hardening agent • Sand paper • Freezer • Tape • Breather • Wrapping

  8. Materials List Cont. Ban saw Release Film Scissors Marker Tongue depressors Paper Cup Scale

  9. Procedure Select composite materials and prep tool Calculate and mix resin and hardening agent Mix resin mixture with fiberglass Make bag for composites Leave out to cure for at least 24 hours Cut out and sand keys Test new composite keys

  10. Procedure

  11. Laundry Test We sent a key through the laundry to find out how it would hold up, and if it would still be in usable condition.

  12. Hot & Cold Test To simulate weather conditions in either Winter or Summer, we are going to freeze the cards and bend them. As well as heating them up in hot water and bending them.

  13. Three Point Bending Test A test in which the edges of the card are held and pressure is added to the center to see how much the key can bend before it breaks.

  14. Torsion Test The torsion test will show how durable the side strengths are and to simulate your card being put in your pocket long ways to bend it around your hip. The torsion test is just another test used to identify the flexibility and durability of a key in a different manner.

  15. Data/Results • Our key cards have some of the same properties of the plastic cards. • The fiberglass keys and the plastic keys seemed to be equal in all the tests. • The only real difference found is in the way the key looks.

  16. Conclusion Our keys work as actual keys, but they aren’t any better than the keys already in use. This project helped us to learn about new and different possibilities that could be used in future testing.

  17. Future Study Other things we would like to test are: Different materials for the keys such as: -Kevlar (Impact Resistance) -Graphite -Metal

  18. Acknowledgements Thanks To Mrs. Morgan Mrs. Scott Ms. Miller Mr. Eddy Mrs. Gallegos Mr. Smith

  19. Sources http://www.tillwite.com/about_keys_locks.asp http://inventors.about.com/library/inventors/bllock.htm http://science.jrank.org/pages/3989/Lock-Key-History.html http://www.plasticsmag.com/article_images/Technological%20Bend%20Test.JPG

  20. Questions

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