A client from an aquaponics plant requested an economical solution for an increase of maneuverability to adjust the distance between the incandescent and ultraviolet lights to the plants. Many initial design ideas incorporated pulleys as well as chain links for a basic mechanical design. However, these designs did not incorporate the efficiency that was also desired. A solution was to take the existing scope of a scissors jack from a car and scale it down to an appropriate size for the lights.
For this project, I was able to be inspired by a standard scissors jack for a car and then bring an idea implementation for the project that we had. By taking just one portion of an original scissors jack and scaling it downwards greatly, we were able to create a product that impressed both our professor and our client.
