DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A REVERSE VENDING MACHINE

dc.contributor.author	Mobeen Hameed, Muhammad Usama Irfan, Muhammad Faheem Iqbal, Muhammad Tayyab Athar
dc.date.accessioned	2023-08-30T04:50:00Z
dc.date.available	2023-08-30T04:50:00Z
dc.date.issued	2023
dc.identifier.uri	http://10.250.8.41:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/37866
dc.description	Supervisor : Dr Jawad Aslam	en_US
dc.description.abstract	Plastic pollution is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. Polyethylene Terephthalate (PET) is 100% most recyclable plastic In Pakistan, 1 million tons of PET waste is produced every year, however, there is no formal mechanism of PET waste collection, disposal and recycling. Learning from global experiences, we aimed to design an indigenous Reverse Vending Machine (RVM) that is user-friendly, cost-effective and caters to local needs. We designed and fabricated an RVM with both single and bulk intake able of accept PET bottles and reject non-PET bottles with high accuracy. For this purpose, we used NIR spectroscopy, ultrasonic sensors and loadcell for identification of PET bottles. A conveyor and flap mechanism were used for conveying and diverting the bottles to the rejection chute and collection bucket.	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	School of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering (SMME), NUST	en_US
dc.relation.ispartofseries	SMME-FYP-312;
dc.title	DESIGN AND FABRICATION OF A REVERSE VENDING MACHINE	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US