Reverse Engineering: Mechanical Product - Visual Analysis

The Ratcheting Wrench

Visual Analysis:

• Rather than being flat, the form/shape of the socket wrench has a slanted, tapered twist to allow the user to better tighten nuts and bolts.
• The texture looks and feels smooth. Because the surface is polished metals you can see that light and dark ares are easily distinguishable, giving the wrench value.
• The emphasis on both ends of the wrench is clear because the ends are wider than the main handle, therefore they stand out.

Functional Analysis:

• The target audience for this ratchet wrench would be construction related workers, like people who make furniture or for people that work on their own cars.

Every Man’s Tool

• This tool is really for anyone who needs to loosen or tighten nuts and bolts for any reason.
• Almost everyone will at some point in their lives have use for a ratchet wrench.

• The mechanical locking function of a ratchet wrench makes it easier to use than regular wrench because you don’t have to keep readjusting the wrench, removing and replacing the wrench on the bolt you are tightening or loosening.

Here are pictures and a dimensional drawing of a RATCHET WRENCH, followed by a short video of the tool in action!

RATCHET WRENCH - Side View

RATCHET WRENCH - Front

RATCHET WRENCH - Top

RATCHET WRENCH - Dimensional Sketch

THE RATCHET WRENCH IN ACTION