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PWL Prototyping
To be able to see possibilities of a specific material, people often need an example. That is why we are making a prototype with the wire… -
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PWL Reference projects
Here reference projects are shownPET LAMP project In the first stages of our project we actually focused on making a lamp made of plastic PET bottles. When we decided to design a lamp and we did research, we actually found a project that had the same vision as we did. This is the ‘PET lamp project’ from Alvaro Catalan de Ocon, a product designer from Madrid. In 2011 Alvaro Catalan de Ocon and his team started the concept-project… -
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PWL PET
The material used for our products is PET. Here you find some information about the material.PET is an abbreviation for polyethylene terephthalate. PET is a thermoplastic polyester, it melts when heated and it is deformable. A major advantage of PET is that the melting point is relatively high, 255 degrees (MRST , 2015). For the production of a kilo PET approximately 1.9 kilos crude oil is needed. (MRST , 2015) It is a waste to throw this away after a single use. PET is a clear… -
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PWL PET bottles cutting technique
To make wire out of PET bottles, we use a cutting technique. Making use of a cutter developed by the Better Future Factory. -
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Market research
The market research is performed in November en December. In these months we’ll research whether the people in Lima are willing to pay for products made out of plastic PET bottles. In order to perform this market research it is important to define what and who is going to be researched, the so called customer segments. In this market research we distinguish two types of customer segments. The… -
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Background information Peru (Lima)
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Self-centred plastic soup
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Plastic waste problem
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Production Possibilities
Production Possibilities During the observational research, possible production possibilities and methods were researched for an eventual new product made out of plastic. These production options are based on observations from the plastic waste lima team and on production processes L.O.O.P. already works with. Weaving in Manchay The municipality of Manchay is located 25 km from Lima and is a…
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