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RIVER CLEANING CO. THE TRASHMASTER 7000

LAREESA THOMAS SEAN CORNELISSEN JEREMY LONG SAVANNAH DAVIDSON A218-4 EF 152 SPRING 2018 APRIL 2, 2019

PRODUCT SELECTION & CUSTOMER REQUIREMENT

PRODUCT SELECTION

• When looking at overall issues that affect the community, we

began talking about the Knoxville community. Bodies of water run and exist all over east Tennessee; however, sometimes they can be seen as an eye sore.

• So naturally, we looked to water cleanup and potential ways to

market to a large audience CUSTOMER REQUIREMENTS

• Most water cleanup projects are spear headed by nonprofits and

volunteers because of the current market is small, so we set our sights on expanding the marketplace with a new product.

• We initially sought to expand the market to average people that
• wn recreational water craft; however, that design was scrapped.

Our final customer market has been narrowed to commercial shipping companies that use large watercraft (barges).

CONCEPTUAL DESIGN

Initial Design

• The initial design

began as a netlike boat attachment for recreational boats that extended tangentially from the boat

• It would be available

for average people to do their own part in river cleanup attempts Refinements

• The first design was

scrapped because the predicted impact

• n the environment
• So, we went to a

larger scale: commercial shipping (barges) Intermediate Design

• The intermediate

design included a gradient net that would lie underneath the boat that would filter out small scale pollutants

• It would also include

a mechanism to remove large trash from the water. Refinements

• The net was

removed because of the drag and risks it could create. This makes the product hard to implement and market.

• The net would also

be difficult to remove from underneath and empty. Final Design

• The final design

flushed out the trash removing mechanism including a removable bin and conveyor belt ran by a water wheel.

ACTUAL DESIGN



Water Wheel- Movement in water will spin the wheel and move the conveyor belt

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Removable Trash Bin- The interior bin is removable for ease of emptying and convenience.

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Conveyor Belt- The conveyor belt moves the trash from the water into the interior bin

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Exterior Bin- Attaches to the barge but can be removed and transported

Water Wheel Removable Trash Bin Conveyor Belt Exterior Bin Supports

MARKETING VIDEO

CUSTOMER FEEDBACK & RESULTS

Customer Feedback

• Tobias Kaplan, Engineer with NAVSEA Carderock Division, Bayview ID
• “Your design is excellent for cleaning trash in open water environments. I like that it requires

little to no maintenance and no power source of its own. Designing it as you have as a barge that can be pushed along with other barges and do the job self-contained was a great idea.”

Results

• Our design worked well, considering the materials and tools at our disposal. While the

conveyor doesn’t turn perfectly with the water wheel, the design is sound and the concept is good.

COST & TIME ESTIMATES

Paint, 12 Logo, 0.6 Epoxy, 8.78 Mesh, 4.2 Wood, 8 Gears, 12

Cost of Prototype ( $45.58)

Wood Assembly, 12 Decoration, 1.5 Wood Preparation and Finishing, 3 Coveyor Belt Assembly, 8 Conceptualization, 24

Design Time (48.5)

Material Cost of 1000 units: $3,302,157.95 Retail Price for 1 unit: $8000

BRIEF SUMMARY & CONCLUSION

 Our design is a commercial boat attachment, that would collect trash by a conveyor belt that would

be spin by a water wheel.

 Overall, our project prototype turned out well; however some final adjustments should be made for

general production. First, the material of the conveyor belt should be adjusted for ease of movement. The second adjustment that should be lessening the angle of the conveyor belt, so that it is less steep.

 With the final adjustments, this product would be ready for the market, and ready to make an impact

• n the water systems that run through and support our communities.