Lightweight Structural Design for Vacuum Cleaners
Lightweight Structural Design (for LG CordZero V9) via Advanced Composites
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
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Task 1: Goal: Achieving 60–90g weight reduction via high-stiffness MWCNT/PP composites
- Challenge: Resolving filler agglomeration and enhancing interfacial bonding strength
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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