Lightweight Structural Design for Vacuum Cleaners

Lightweight Structural Design (for LG CordZero V9) via Advanced Composites

Submarine Structure
Study 1: Exploded and Assembled Views of the Battery Module

Situation

  • Addressing increased wrist fatigue from handheld weight concentration and consumer needs for lightweight design
  • Replacement of conventional ABS/PC with low-density PP composites while maintaining equivalent structural strength

Task

  • Task 1: Goal: Achieving 60–90g weight reduction via high-stiffness MWCNT/PP composites
    • Challenge: Resolving filler agglomeration and enhancing interfacial bonding strength
  • Task 2: Establishing thickness optimization process and defining strength lower-bound
    • Challenge: Managing exponential variable growth and computational resource shortages

Action

  • Defining "Impact Energy Concentration Zones" to compress scale to 1/10 and improve efficiency by 30x
  • Utilizing silane treatment and metal oxide nanorods to improve reinforcement dispersibility
  • Selection of optimal molding methods through comparative analysis of numerical and empirical data

Result

  • Achieving over 30% reduction in component weight by leveraging a 46% increase in tensile strength
  • Establishment of cost-effective solutions through domain-driven data refinement

Project Information

  • Project Name: Lightweight Structural Design (for LG CordZero V9) via Advanced Composites (복합재료를 활용한 무선 청소기 경량화)
  • Category: Manufacturing
  • Client: LG Electronics
  • Project Date: 2019.03 - 2020.02
  • Software Stack: LS Dyna, Hypermesh, Matlab
Achievements
PATENT KR 10-2617911 B1 (Issued)
PLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITE COMPRISING SILANE AND PRETREATING METHOD OF THE SAME
PATENT KR 10-2549188 B1 (Issued)
PLASTIC RESIN COMPOSITE COMPRISING METAL OXIDE NANOROD AND PRETREATING METHOD OF THE SAME