Project: Net·Worth – the final handle…
Claire Potter - eco design blog
by cpotter
4y ago
clairepotterdesign The final handle had some really interesting qualities. When the net was processed and injection moulded, the green fluctuated in colour – darkening down to a more muted shade that also had even darker veins running through the material. Even though it was solid, the material had movement… It also looked a lot like jade, which was a pretty interesting transformation for what is essentially waste fishing net! We are now in the process of developing this handle for the retail market, so if you are interested in finding out more about the EL handle, do get in touch! UK eco de ..read more
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Project: Net·Worth – the EL handle…
Claire Potter - eco design blog
by cpotter
4y ago
clairepotterdesign Specification… The handle needed to be sized to suit a cabinet and be able to be injection moulded by the machine itself, ie, not exceeding the maximum material volume in the tube. After measuring existing cabinet handles it was decided that the utilitarian based design would be the following dimensions: (100 x 35 x 15mm) with the mould being created from milled aluminium. (the quickest way to create a mould locally, although certainly not the cheapest method of mould creation) This calculated to a maximum 31.5 cubic cm per handle – well within our maximum of 84 cubic cm pe ..read more
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Project: Net·Worth – what should we mould…
Claire Potter - eco design blog
by cpotter
4y ago
clairepotterdesign But what to mould…? For the first stages of the new product development we began looking back at the Serious Game results: What would most benefit the town – and residents of Newhaven? What could increase the employment rate in the town? How could the (currently disparate) industries of the fishers and business be linked? How could the fishers be supported by local industry? What could be created that fits within a circular economy framework (ie, not destined straight to landfill…?) From this, we decided to create something that was: Easy and simple to mould, and therefore c ..read more
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Project: Net·Worth – testing the materials…
Claire Potter - eco design blog
by cpotter
4y ago
clairepotterdesign Material processing… The first main discovery was the fact whilst the top hopper is perfect for pelleted plastic, the shape and lightweight nature of the net meant that it did not easily ‘flow’ into the heating tube, but had to be pushed down the feed hole instead. This meant that wooden sticks had to be fashioned to get the net into the tubing safely (the tube has multiple heating collars that can be adjusted to the correct melting point of the plastic being used and therefore gets very hot) The method was initially tested to get a ‘raw’ material rather than a finished prod ..read more
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Project: Net·Worth – the Precious Plastic Machines…
Claire Potter - eco design blog
by cpotter
4y ago
clairepotterdesign The final stages of the project were concentrated around the physical transformations of the material using the Precious Plastic open source plans – how can we use the existing machines to reprocess old fishing nets and create new products? The Precious Plastic Machines… Started in 2013, the Precious Plastics project was started by Dave Hakkens as a way of allowing individuals to set up their own, small scale remanufacturing hubs using waste plastic local to them. The open source plans for the machinery were designed to allow them to be built by those with relatively basic s ..read more
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