The Structure Design of an Intelligent Pop Can Recycling Device

• Published in: 2021 3rd International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Manufacture (AIAM) pp. 547 - 551
• Main Authors: Wang, Jiaxin, Liu, Yuzuo, Zhang, Hanqiao, Xiang, Mingbei
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: IEEE 01.10.2021
• Subjects: Bending; extrusion; Force; Performance evaluation; pop can; Power demand; Presses; recovery; recycling device; Reliability engineering; Transportation
• DOI: 10.1109/AIAM54119.2021.00114

Aiming at the shortage of recycling degree of waste pop cans in China and the large space occupied by transportation, an intelligent recycling device for pop cans was designed. In this paper, the flattening test of common pop cans is carried out to determine that the flattening force is not more than 200N. A unique bending mechanism is designed to reduce the flattening force of cans by 70%. The overall structure of a simple pop can recovery device is designed and calculated, the device is composed of three parts-the extrusion structure, the collection structure and the spitting currency structure, which can not only complete the extrusion and collection function of pop cans recycling but also automatically spit currency after the user press the pop can. The unique design of intelligent coin spitting structure has high reliability, and it can automatically rotate the coin bucket, even it has low power consumption. This device requires no additional power supply, suitable for various occasions.