Flink invents and develops an ergonomically optimated tool system for BOSCH.  Function and design result from testing and improving different prototypes.

 

[>] Ergonomics and cost effectiveness
[>] Function and design studies 

[>] Insight into the development


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Ergonomics and Cost Effectiveness

Accumulators with a high capacity inevitably weigh a lot. Especially in professional use, battery operated handtools quickly reach their limits. Alternatively, there are line-operated devices, although freedom of movement and comfort are thus limited.

 

The developers solve this problem with their newly-conceived tool system.

 

 

 

[1] The energy source is separated from the handtool - The heavy rechargeable battery and the drive unit are carried comfortably around the waist.

[2] A torsional wave transmits the energy over the shoulder to the hand set

[3] The weight of the hand set is reduced to a minimum

The system is composed of a drive unit, carrying system and hand set.

Different hand sets can be operated by the drive unit. The more handsets that can be operated by the same drive unit, the more economical the purchase of the entire tool system gets.

 

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Function and design study

A drive unit and driver-drill module are converted into functional design-prototypes and tested.

 

The carrying system is developed in collaboration with Mammut Sports Group. These prototypes serve as technical evaluation and field tests.

 

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Insight into the development

The project was brought to life by three students, namely David Jenny and the two current owners of the FLINK GmbH, Curdegn Bandli and Remo Frei.
A successful partnership begins between the product development branch of the ETH Zurich and the Industrial Design section at the Zurich University of the Arts.

 

The rights to the new tool system are patented worldwide by the BOSCH company.

 

Patentanmeldung

The project was awarded the top prize by the Dyson Student Award.

 

Below you get an insight into the project.

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First visualization of the conceptual idea.
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As a first step market research, consumer surveys and monitoring are carried out.

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Ideas and solutions are collected.

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The team discusses and evaluates the solutions.

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As soon as the basic composition of the system is defined, the design process can start.

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The drafts are assembled with CAD and critical elements are checked by a FEM-Simulation.

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On the basis of the CAD data, prototypes are constructed and the fit of the component parts is tested..

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The prototypes are used to validate the ergonomics of the system.

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Eventually, the individual components are assembled and the electronics soldered.

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The performance data is determined in laboratory tests.

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The final prototype is tested on the construction site.