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Power Tool Battery System Designed for Sustainability

In Cooperation With

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Interviews with professional tradespeople helped me find my area of focus and improve my work with key insights

My greatest take-away was noticing work-rest-work pattern that most workflows utilized

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Simplifying typical cordless tool use

workflow

Kaya, 28, Tradesman

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  • “Installs can be eight to ten hours of just drilling and screwing with many short breaks”

  • “I rest my tools wherever is closest, whether thats a workbench or right on my belt.”

  • “On a general job, I always have my drill, driver, hammer drill, circular saw, reciprocating saw, dremel, and nailer.

    Each of these has one or two batteries.”

Interview Synthesis

Collection of Festool cordless power tools including a drill, cordless screwdriver, sander, jigsaw, reciprocating saw, angle grinder, and impact driver arranged with a rechargeable battery in the background.

One battery, all tools?

Instead of having an entire battery for each tool, can we streamline to just one?

Concept:

A wearable battery compatible with all typical cordless workflows

IDEATION

When deciding on ergonomic form, the toolbelt presents itself as the perfect solution considering it’s importance in trade industries

REFINEMENT

Festool VBL Assessment

Wearing a large battery, a tool with a short-term supercapacitor can charge wirelessly during the break periods throughout the days work

Final Design

Work the day away without thinking of your next charge.

FESTOOL DISCONNECT

Connect to Efficiency

Easy and secure toolbelt connection

USB connection interfaces for universal power needs

Wireless charging tool-hook

Utilizing prototyping and VBL reference, the device’s final design is resolved

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Sketches

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Research

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Details

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Renders

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