IDE Project 6 : Holmatro T1 Redesign for Repair and Recycling
What if warehouses could build themselves?
This project was part of the Repair and Recycling course of the Integrated Product Design Master. In this course I collaborated with a peer to disassemble, analyze and redesign a Holmatro T1 forcible entry tool for repair and recycling on behalf of Holmatro Search and Rescue.
The Holmatro T1 is a handheld hydraulic forcible-entry tool combining cutting, spreading, ramming, wedging, hammering and lifting in one device. The task at hand was to analyze and redesign this tool for repair and recycling.
Manual Disassembly was executed as a first step, the knolled picture shown above shows the T1 almost disassembled in its entirety.
Using the Disassembly Map method by deFazio the product architecture was mapped for hotspot analysis.
Similarly a Recycling Map was created to analyze the recyclability.
It started with a vision by Vanderlande. They explained a vision of a robotic warehouse system that could build and change itself on demand. This would make flexible warehousing more attractive and would allow Vanderlande to enter a new market niche.
Using Miro, I could facilitate collaborative brainstorming and work.
Numerous design changes were applied to increase repairability and recyclability. Including the redesigned spring system as shown above modeled in SolidWorks by me.
The final design featured improvements to material choice for recyclability and general accessibility improvements for repair and upgrade.