Need statement

A canteen is planning to send its used cups to recycled plant.The cups need to be crushed as to decrease the volume occupied during transportation.Design a low-cost solution for the same.

Introduction

A Crushing device holds material between two parallel or tangent solid surfaces, and apply sufficient force to bring the surfaces together to generate enough energy within the material being crushed so that its molecules separate or change alignment in relation to (deformation), each other. This device aims at the 3Rs(Reduce, Recycle and Reuse). Crushers may be used to reduce the size, or change the form of waste materials so they can be more easily disposed of or recycled, or to reduce the size of a solid mix of raw materials (as in rock ore), so that pieces of different composition can be differentiated. Crushing is the process of transferring a force amplified by mechanical advantage through a material made of molecules that bond together more strongly, and resist deformation more, than those in the material being crushed do.The earliest crushers were hand-held stones, where the weight of the stone provided a boost to muscle power, used against a stone anvil. Querns and mortars are types of these crushing devices.

Scope

For crushing various cups in factories, industries, restaurants, cafeteria etc.

Features:

• Suitable for crushing various cups.
• Easy to operate and transport.

Sources searched

* Paper cup wastage crusher

*Hydraulic Press

*Arduino Powered Dixie Cup Crusher

Video of examples

https://youtu.be/ruYDPOEJBAs