Development of plastic-free dispenser components using home-compostable materials

使用家庭可堆肥材料开发无塑料分配器组件

• 批准号: 566278-2021
• 负责人: Goodwin, Brett
• 金额: $ 1.82万
• 依托单位: Sir Sandford Fleming College of Applied Arts and Technology
• 依托单位国家: 加拿大
• 项目类别: Applied Research and Development Grants - Level 1
• 财政年份: 2021
• 资助国家: 加拿大
• 起止时间: 2021-01-01 至 2022-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/ase-oro/Details-Detailles_eng.asp?id=724216
• 关键词: Development; plastic; free; dispenser; components

A variety of household cleaning products, such as glass and window cleaner, require the use of spray bottles.While plastic or glass bottles can be recycled, plastic spray nozzles cannot and must be thrown into thegarbage. For consumers looking to eradicate single-use plastics from their life, there are no plastic-free spraydispensers available on the market. For this project, Fleming College will collaborate with Ontario-based Etee("everything touches everything else"), to develop and create a proof-of-concept compostable spray nozzlemade entirely without petrochemical-based plastic.Fleming College's experts in advanced manufacturing and 3D printing will assist the company in developingand creating components for the novel spray nozzle unit. Etee has a proprietary wax and bio-resin blend used topackage their liquid concentrate products; this project will investigate the use of that technology, as well asother eco-friendly materials that may be suitable for the nozzle components. Key design and productionconsiderations include the aesthetic and functional design of the unit, the universality of the screw cap, methodof final production, as well as the specific Etee product chemistries that will be sprayed. The final product ofthe research will be a proof-of-concept plastic-free spray nozzle that Etee can move forward in thedevelopment/production process. The benefits to Etee include an increase in sales and revenue as well as alarge step forward towards fulfilling their mission of increasing the consumer use of plastic-free products.

各种家用清洁产品，如玻璃和窗户清洁剂，都需要使用喷雾瓶。虽然塑料或玻璃瓶可以回收利用，但塑料喷嘴不能也必须扔进垃圾。对于希望从生活中消除一次性塑料的消费者来说，市场上没有无塑料喷雾器。在这个项目中，弗莱明学院将与总部位于安大略省的ETEE(“一切都能接触到其他一切”)合作，开发和创造一种完全不使用石化塑料制造的概念验证可堆肥喷嘴。弗莱明学院在先进制造和3D打印方面的专家将帮助公司为新型喷嘴单元开发和制造部件。ETEE拥有专利的蜡和生物树脂混合物，用于包装他们的浓缩液产品；该项目将调查该技术的使用，以及其他可能适合喷嘴部件的环保材料。关键的设计和生产考虑因素包括机组的美观和功能设计、螺杆盖的通用性、最终生产的方法以及将要喷涂的特定ETEE产品化学成分。这项研究的最终产品将是一种概念验证的无塑料喷嘴，ETEE可以在开发/生产过程中取得进展。ETEE的好处包括销售和收入的增加，以及朝着实现其使命的一大步，即增加消费者对无塑料产品的使用。