Selective Collection & Compacting of Packages for Recycling

July 23rd

MSc. Engineering Design 2003 2004

project :: Eduardo Santos

coordinators :: Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão

...from idea to prototype.

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Contents

Project Scope

Product Design & Development

Future Work

•Concepts

•Solutions

•Validation

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Project Scope

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Challenge

Design an equipment to automatically separate and collect used beverage containers for reuse and recycling.

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Business concept

Convenient & cost-effective solutions

• Collection programs with consumer incentives achieve high recycling rates.

€

RVM ‘Reverse Vending Machines’

• Machines receive packages from customers, identify, compact, separate and store them for recycling. A cupon with a discount is returned to the customer in exchange.

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Design & Development

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Application

• Supermarkets and retail stores

• Restaurants

• Recycling centers

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Functionality

• Reception

• Identification

• Compacting

• Separation

• Collection

• Refund

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•Reception

•Identification

•Compacting

•Separation

•Collection

•Refund

Module 1

Module 2

Module 3

•Modularity

Product concept

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Module 1

Reception + Refund

Product

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• Individual reception (package by package)

Cupon printer

LCD display

• Multiple reception (several packages at once)

Package introduction

Package introduction

Module 1

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Module 2

Identification + Compacting

Product

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•Artificial vision

•Metal detection

•Weight control

From ‘Tomra Systems ASA’

•Identification

Module 2

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•Compacting

Compacting force: 1800N

Module 2

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• 2 chambers (Identification + Compacting)

Module 2

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Module 2

• Double chamber

• Compacting

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Module 3

Separation + Collection

Product

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Volume: 4 x 68L

Removable base and recipients

Washable

Module 3

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•on site storage for high capacity processing

From ‘Tomra Systems ASA’

Module 3

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Product costs

Components Cost per unit (€)

Camera controller F150-3 Omron

Camera (without lens)

CCTV lens

Camera controller cable (5m)

Screen controller cable

Software (Vision Composer v2.0)

Controller programmer

Weight sensor (with wiring and electrics)

Metal detector (with wiring and electrics)

Receipt printer

LCD pannel

3 electric motors

1998

1226

120

216

79

500

199

320

480

380

400

1200

Total. 7158

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Product costs

Production Cost per unit (€)

Raw materials (metal sheet and plastic)

Operations with labour (metal sheet cutting,

welding, drilling, plastic injection, ...)

128

250 (RVM)

221 (nRVM)

Total product cost (€)

‘RVM’ version 7.537

‘not RVM’ version 7.510

Selective Collection & Compacting of Packages for Recycling

July 23rd

MSc. Engineering Design 2003 2004

:: project by Eduardo Santos

:: coordinators Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão