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Innovative Reverse Vending Machine Design for Efficient Recycling and Waste Management

This MSc project by Eduardo Santos, supervised by Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão, outlines the development of a Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) designed to streamline the collection and recycling of used beverage containers. The RVM automatically identifies, compacts, and sorts containers while providing customer incentives through discount coupons. With a focus on modular design, the machine caters to supermarkets, restaurants, and recycling centers. The project emphasizes the importance of convenience and cost-effectiveness in enhancing recycling rates, offering a robust solution for waste management.

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Innovative Reverse Vending Machine Design for Efficient Recycling and Waste Management

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  1. MSc. Engineering Design 2003 2004 Selective Collection & Compacting of Packages for Recycling ...from idea to prototype. project :: Eduardo Santos coordinators :: Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão July 23rd

  2. Contents • Project Scope • Product Design & Development • Future Work • Concepts • Solutions • Validation

  3. Project Scope

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

  5. € Business concept 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. • Convenient & cost-effective solutions • Collection programs with consumer incentives achieve high recycling rates.

  6. Design & Development

  7. Application • Supermarkets and retail stores • Restaurants • Recycling centers

  8. Functionality • Reception • Identification • Compacting • Separation • Collection • Refund

  9. Product concept • Modularity Module 1 • Reception • Identification Module 2 • Compacting • Separation • Collection • Refund Module 3

  10. Product Module 1 Reception + Refund

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

  12. Product Module 2 Identification + Compacting

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

  14. Module 2 • Compacting Compacting force: 1800N

  15. Module 2 • 2 chambers (Identification + Compacting)

  16. Module 2 • Double chamber • Compacting

  17. Product Module 3 Separation + Collection

  18. Module 3 Volume: 4 x 68L Removable base and recipients Washable

  19. Module 3 • on site storage for high capacity processing From ‘Tomra Systems ASA’

  20. Product costs

  21. Product costs

  22. MSc. Engineering Design 2003 2004 Selective Collection & Compacting of Packages for Recycling :: project by Eduardo Santos :: coordinators Arlindo Silva and Paulo Ferrão July 23rd

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