ALUMINUM cans
my weebly page has steps from getting resources for aluminum cans to how to disposed them. for my product i choose most common recycle thing, aluminum can.
lifecycle
1. raise and extract
first step is remove aluminum from the earth in mining. and you crushed the compound aluminum. after that, you melt the crushes and filters everything except aluminum. final product is aluminum that used to make aluminum.
2. process
It requires up to 95% less energy to recycle aluminium than to produce primary metal. so only the 5% are the original input.
3.manufacture
bauxite refined to Alumina, then smelting the alumina to make molten aluminum. then you rolling and casting to produce aluminum product.
4.use
Ninety-five percent of all beer and soft drink cans in the United States are made of aluminum. American can makers produce about 100 billion aluminum beverage cans a year, equivalent to one can per American per day.
5.dispose
That is in part due to the fact that cans are 100 percent recyclable and can be recycled indefinitely.
fist you recycle the aluminum can and ti transported to smelting area, and they test the cans. then they shredding the aluminum cans and they melted the cans to make the aluminum coil.
first step is remove aluminum from the earth in mining. and you crushed the compound aluminum. after that, you melt the crushes and filters everything except aluminum. final product is aluminum that used to make aluminum.
2. process
It requires up to 95% less energy to recycle aluminium than to produce primary metal. so only the 5% are the original input.
3.manufacture
bauxite refined to Alumina, then smelting the alumina to make molten aluminum. then you rolling and casting to produce aluminum product.
4.use
Ninety-five percent of all beer and soft drink cans in the United States are made of aluminum. American can makers produce about 100 billion aluminum beverage cans a year, equivalent to one can per American per day.
5.dispose
That is in part due to the fact that cans are 100 percent recyclable and can be recycled indefinitely.
fist you recycle the aluminum can and ti transported to smelting area, and they test the cans. then they shredding the aluminum cans and they melted the cans to make the aluminum coil.
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http://www.madehow.com/Volume-2/Aluminum-Beverage-Can.html#ixzz3OcE3DenX
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conclusion
Product
life cycle is just how things become the product and how to dispose them. Just
like living things. It is important for companies to research (potential life
cycle), because when companies ignored the how to disposed product with least
amount of carbon dioxide and bad gases, it leads more serious global warming
and bad environment. I would change the pop tab parts and make machine that can
refill the soda. So people can reuse cans instead of recycle them.it would save
aluminum. My design will evolve over time. Because my opinion it’s simple, you
create reusable pop tab for aluminum cans by using pressure. And built the
machine like refill water but small size. Trade-off is situation that involves losing one quality or
aspect of something in return for gaining another quality or aspect. i think
trade-offs were made during the design phase. It’s when extract the aluminum
compound, it needs fuel to operate the machines. And when they melt the
compound its chemical process. It is important to recycle stuff, because
recycle leads to save resources and earth, also it helps you to pass it on the
fresh environment to your descendant. Role of product designer is to produce most
recyclable product for recycle easily or even you don't have to recycle. Society
could make their own rules to help to recycle (like fine will be fine). Only
things I could do is recycle stuff and use reusable items.