1. Selective Collection & Compacting of Packages for Recycling September 10th MSc. Engineering Design 2003 2004 project » Eduardo Santos coordinators » Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão

2. 2/21 Contents Project Scope Product Design & Development Cost Estimation Specifications Product Concept Solutions

3. 3/21 Challenge Design an equipment to automatically separate and collect used beverage containers for reuse and recycling.

4. 4/21 Business concept Convenient & cost-effective solutions € RVM ‘Reverse Vending Machines’ Receive packages from customers Identify, compact, separate and store packages Refund the customer Collection programs with consumer incentives achieve high recycling rates.

5. 5/21 Contents Project Scope Product Design & Development Cost Estimation Specifications Product Concept Solutions

6. 6/21 Specifications Reception Identification Compacting Separation Collection Refund Supermarkets and retail stores Restaurants Recycling centers Target sites Supermarket clients Restaurant staff Target users Functionality

7. 7/21 Contents Project Scope Product Design & Development Cost Estimation Specifications Product Concept Solutions

8. 8/21 Reception Identification Compacting Separation Collection Refund Module 1 Module 2 Module 3 Modularity Product concept

9. 9/21 Contents Project Scope Product Design & Development Cost Estimation Specifications Product Concept Solutions

10. 10/21 Module 1 Reception + Refund Solutions

11. 11/21 Individual reception (package by package) Cupon printer LCD display Multiple reception (several packages at once) Package introduction Module 1

12. 12/21 Module 2 Identification + Compacting Solutions

13. 13/21 Artificial vision Metal detection Weight control From ‘Tomra Systems ASA’ Identification Module 2

14. 14/21 Compacting Compacting force: 1800N Module 2

15. 15/21 2 chambers (Identification + Compacting) Module 2 1 2 3 4

16. 16/21 Module 3 Separation + Collection Solutions

17. 17/21 Volume: 4 x 68L Removable base and recipients Washable Module 3

18. 18/21 on site storage for high capacity processing From ‘Tomra Systems ASA’ Module 3

19. 19/21 Contents Project Scope Product Design & Development Cost Estimation Specifications Product Concept Solutions

20. 20/21 Product costs ComponentsCost 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

21. 21/21 Product costs ProductionCost 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’ version7.537 ‘not RVM’ version7.510

22. Selective Collection & Compacting of Packages for Recycling September 10th MSc. Engineering Design 2003 2004 project » Eduardo Santos (edsantos@dem.ist.utl.pt) coordinators » Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão