Design and Development of Large Collapsible PET Water Cooler Bottles

Author

Masood, S.H. ; Satyanarayana, V. ; Erbulut, U.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Eng. & Ind. Sci., Swinburne Univ. of Technol., Melbourne, Vic.

fYear

2006

fDate

26-28 July 2006

Firstpage

528

Lastpage

533

Abstract

The vast majority of 15-litre water cooler bottles produced in the world today are made of blow moulded polycarbonate (PC) plastic and are returnable / refillable. This paper presents the design and development of a collapsible, recyclable 15-litre blow moulded water cooler bottle made of PET plastic to replace the traditional refillable type polycarbonate bottle. The innovative bottle design geometry allows it to be easily crushed after use, and also offers several advantages in terms of light weight, stability and environmental amiability. The paper presents the detailed process of design, analysis and optimisation using the finite element analysis software considering structural stability and crushing behaviour under various orientations and loading conditions

Keywords

blow moulding; bottles; finite element analysis; plastic products; polymers; product design; production engineering computing; collapsible PET water cooler bottle design; finite element analysis software; optimisation; process design; Costs; Plastics; Positron emission tomography; Production systems; Recycling; Shape; Temperature; Transportation; Water conservation; Water storage;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Graphics, Imaging and Visualisation, 2006 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Sydney, Qld.

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2606-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CGIV.2006.35

Filename

1663843