Sustainability Design of Press Machine for Used Plastic Bottle with Electric Motor

Siahaan, Ian Hardianto and Soegihardjo, Oegik (2020) Sustainability Design of Press Machine for Used Plastic Bottle with Electric Motor. In: The 2nd International Conference On Mechanical Engineering Research and Application, 08-10-2020 - 08-10-2020, Malang - Indonesia.

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Abstract

Waste plastic bottle can be a pollutant that can damage the environment. If this waste plastic bottle is not well controlled, it will certainly harm the sustainability of other ecosystems. Usually, waste plastic bottle is difficult to decompose naturally, and even if it will be decomposed, it will take a long time, from 100 to 500 years. The main source of waste plastic bottle is usually the use of plastic material itself, which it is used to inseparable support in everyday life. In general, the use of plastic material has several considerations such as: lightweight, corrosion resistance, non-toxicity, friction and impact resistance, chemical resistance, good thermal stability, and good insulation properties. The general form of this product is disposable plastic bottles in drinking water. Waste plastic bottles are usually used for disposables product. Referring to this condition, they can assume and increase over a certain period the number of waste plastic bottles, where as plastic bottles are the largest source of pollutants on earth. To control this condition, it is necessary to develop a sustainable mechanism of press machine for flatting the waste plastic bottle into sheet plastic before being crushed and recycled into other products. Based on the observation of test results, it was found that the design of press machine for used plastic bottle works with electric motor well, before being reprocessed.

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