From a7473ba9dfda4310affd76250ac97776056dfed9 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tarek Loubani Date: Mon, 2 Apr 2018 13:54:53 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Add serial number notes --- README.md | 11 +++++++++++ 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 0b28345..3ee307d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -94,6 +94,17 @@ The SCAD files output from CrystalSCAD are found in `source_files/stethoscope_he * PrintableStethoscopeHead1Assembly_output.scad - The head * EarplugMold_output.scad - Earplug mold +Mass Manufacturing +================== +We generally print 3 stethoscopes per plate to ensure that each stethoscope is created out of the same material. + +Our serial numbering system consists of two parts. The last number part is the total number of unique stethoscopes +created since day 1. All numbers before that dash are spool identifiers involved in that stethoscope. For example, + +001-010 would be the tenth stethoscope made with the first spool in our repository. If the first spool makes a total +of 15 stethoscopes, then the first stethoscope of the second spool would be 002-016. If the twentieth stethoscope uses +plastic from spool 002 and spool 003, it would be 002-003-020. + Other stethoscopes ==================