Automated shredded plastic bottles compressing machine Ricka Mae M. Tanelon... [et. al]

Thesis (Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering) -- University of Rizal System-Morong.

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: The thesis entitled Automated Shredded Plastic Bottles Compressing Machine is a research project which has a design approach tackled on forming shredded plastic bottles with the application of heat compression. It was based on the concept of recycling a non biodegradable material and transformed it into another object. Simply put, the shredded plastic bottles on the molder and the machine will be the one who made the process. When the heat was already applied to the machine, the motor in an ideal tool on how a used material will turn into a useful one. This research was based on a compressing machine invented by Dave Hakkens for his purpose to reduce the plastics waste all over the world. The manual compressing machine demands human effort and time. This machine can consume all your time exerting force to compress the medium and waiting for the plastics to be mold which is not efficient. So, the researchers came up to the idea of getting this compressing machine developed and automated. The only difference in that the automated compressing machine used advanced technology like programming and a motor to compress the plastics. The study aimed to design, construct and develop a compressing machine and determine the effectiveness of the Automated Plastic Bottles Compressing Machine in terms of accuracy of the output: Thickness, Weight, Surface Smoothness and its return of investment. The study was conducted during the second semester of the academic year of 2017-2018. The researchers were able to design and develop an Automated Shredded Plastic Bottles Compressing Machine for reducing the plastics by using the best quality and proper materials to complete the machine. Based on the experimentation and evaluation made by the researchers on the project, the Automated Shredded Plastic Bottles Compressing Machine was found to be very effective as evaluated by the researchers in terms of its thickness, weightm surface smoothness and return of investment. The researchers agreed that the best molded plastic is in tril 4. It has balanced thickness, reasonable weight, superb surface and highest return of investment compared to the other trials. Using this paper as a reference, future researchers may conduct a follow up study on Automated Shredded Compressing Machine. Likewise, future engineers may use different shape for molder. Lastly, the College of Engineering may use and study the developed machine to give additional knowledge to future engineers.