Friday, 24 February 2012

Week 5 : Research about the project

the past 5 week after the title given, research about the machine part is been carried out. the research is more to select the best material part for this machine such as


  • type of motor for compressed and shredder process
  • a high quality metal for the mechanical part (body)
  • sensor 
collect some ideas to build the machine will take a whole lot of time because it`s more to mechanical part.the research going on have given some ideas to build the machine.

the internal of the machine which will be full placed by the shredder blade

used this kind of shredder method but in a large scale to shredder the plastic bottle






cross blade method to shredder the bottle












the AC motor to run the rolling metal AC Motor   <-- CLICK 

research will be continue until the correct item will be choose 

Week 3 : Proposal submitted

done the proposal after the draft have be return back to me from Sir Halim. review a part of the proposal

  •      INTRODUCTION

            The development of Plastic Bottle Shredder Machine is a part of environmental friendly machine that can reduce the amount of plastic bottle waste in the recycle bin. This is because the bottle will automatically be shredder into small parts. So there will be more empty space compare to the normal recycle bin. In the other hand, this machine also can skip the part of recycling process which is in the Size Reduction Process



  •     OBJECTIVE
                    The aim of this project is to develop a new shredder machine for waste plastic bottle which will  solve the problem of bottle dump in the recent recycle bin. To develop the project, there are several objectives to be accomplished which are:-
a)      The function of the sensor and timing power for the machine to turn `On` and `Off`
b)      The successful of roll metal structure to compressed the bottle, sharp and quality steel material for the blade in shredder process
c)      The result of tiny scarp material after the whole process finished



  •             PROBLEM STATEMENT



                In our day life, plastic bottle is one of the most kinds of things that we used such as drinking bottle, engine oil, a part of decoration and much more. This kind of things will increase the use of plastic bottle in our life. So the amount of the waste plastic bottle will be increase day by day and year by year. Plastic part is one of the hardest recycling items to be recycled. So with this kind of machine, it will be easy to do the recycle process because it has been shredder already before it will be sent to the recycling factory. 



  •             METHODOLOGY


            The main focus of this project is to create a machine that can shredder the waste plastic bottle. In this case, for every purposed system, power consumption for the motor and the type of the motor that will be used will be determined to make sure the power for the machine is sufficient. The whole body parts also have to be considering due to this machine is using high power motor and a sharp blade to do the process.

            The operation of this machine is to use sensor at the place that the plastic bottle will be throwing to start the shredder process. The sensor is used to make this machine a very environmental friendly in saving electric consumptions. The sensor will automatically turn on the machine when the sensor detect something (plastic bottle) is passing the sensor line and the machine will turn on and the process will begin. The power will be turning on in the certain time due to make sure the process is completely finished. The sensor will turn off the machine after the period of time if there are no other things passing the sensor line.

            After the bottle is throw in this machine, the parts will be compressed in the compressing process using the roll of a metal structure. After the compressing process, the parts will go through the shredder process. This process used a very sharp blade to shedder the parts into very tiny and small parts. After the process finish the shredder parts will come out to the bin at the bottom of the machine and will be accumulated. The machine than will automatically turn off after the several time being set by the sensor and the end of the process

  •        Flow Chart Of Plastic Shredder Machine



















Sunday, 12 February 2012

Week 2 : Plastic Bottle Shredder Machine

      this is a kind of introduction of this project...


   the development of Plastic Bottle Shredder Machine is a need for the used in industry or for an community.this machine will reduce the size of the plastic bottle waste into a small & tiny part of waste.which is very environmental friendly and can save more space in the recycle bin


         Machine itself will compressed the bottle and then will shredder it into small parts before all the waste will be throw in to the bucket at the bottom of the machine..as we all know plastic is one of the organic polymeric materials consisting of giant organic molecules.  Plastic materials can be formed into shapes by one of a variety of processes, such as extrusion, moulding, casting or spinning. Modern plastics (or polymers) possess a number of extremely desirable characteristics; high strength to weight ratio, excellent thermal properties, electrical insulation, resistance to acids, alkalis and solvents..


        With this kind of machine is being develop, there are less worry for the space of the plastic bottle waste and can make the recycling process more easier to do :)


*a bit of reference to understand the plastic material & the way to recycle it
click below
Plastic material & recycling process

Week 1 : Final Year Project


a final task for Bachelor Engineering Technology in Electrical..a little info for my fyp :


-Title : The Development of Plastic Bottle Shredder Machine
-Advisor : Abdul Halim Abdul Rahman