Past achievements. | Plastic Scanner

Completed Endeavors

It is not the first day we are working on the Plastic Scanner. In the meantime we did manage to get quite some things done:

✅? Spectroscopy – characterize optics

Date finished: June 2023
Work by: Queena
Resource: https://docs.plasticscanner.com/research

✅? Spectroscopy – Most important LEDs

Date finished: June 2023
Work by: Queena
Resource: https://docs.plasticscanner.com/research

✅? coding- Streamline PS plot

Date finished: March 2023
Work by: Joost
Resource: https://github.com/Plastic-Scanner/PSplot

✅? Spectroscopy – determine Optimal distance between sample and sensor

Date finished: March 2023
Work by: Peter
Resource: Drive link

✅ engineering – PCB for handheld scanner

Date finished: December 2022
Work by: Markus, Gustav, Lawrence
Resource: https://github.com/Plastic-Scanner/handheld-scanner

✅ Research – Article about NIR spectroscopy

Date finished: October 2022
Work by: Jerry
Resource: https://plasticscanner.com/working-principle/

✅ Spectroscopy – Reference material set

Date finished: December 2022
Work by: Peter
Resource: Standard reference kit of plastic available

✅ engineering – find ideal backing material

Date finished: November 2022
Work by: Nemo & Jerry
Resource: Sintered PTFE sheet from Thorlabs

✅ engineering – Firmware for DB2.1

Date finished: April 2022
Work by: Jure
Resource: https://github.com/Plastic-Scanner/DB2.x-Firmware

✅ engineering – Software for DB2.1

Date finished: June 2022
Work by: Jure and Joost
Resource: https://github.com/Plastic-Scanner/PSplot

Updates

Handheld lasercut version

Testing At Makerspace

Community Starts To Help Out

From development board to handheld ?

?Summer

DB2.2

PS plot

Endeavor update

Endeavors

2022 #12 update

2022 #11 update

2022 #10 update

History

February 2018

Realize sorting difficulty

While helping out with Precious Plastic you realize the amount of plastic pollution in the world

February 2018

November 2019

ReReMeter

Armin and Bernard lay down the foundation for the technology of the Plastic Scanner project

November 2019

January 2019

Graduation project

Jerry researches the sorting needs of recyclers in low and middle income countries

January 2019

November 2021

James Dyson sustainability award

The project wins the James Dyson sustainability award, giving lots of exposure and resources to keep developing the project

November 2021

April 2022

Development board 2.1

A standardized board is made to make development easy

April 2022

May 2022

Workspace

Plastic Scanner gets it’s own workspace in collaboration with Biosphere solar

May 2022

September 2022

Discord Server

A discord server is started to centralize communication about the project

September 2022

October 2022

Dutch Design Week

The project is on display at Dutch design week

October 2022