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DEVELOPMENT AND DESIGN OF FOLDABLE BEVERAGE PAPER CUP

Yu, Shu-Fei

Department of Innovative Product Design and Entrepreneurship Management, 

CTBC University of Technology

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Lin, Song-Yih

Department of Aircraft Maintenance, CTBC University of Technology

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Abstract

To reduce the environmental harm caused by disposable beverage cups, this study takes the green design and development of beverage paper cups as the main research scope, which is carried out in two stages. Firstly, based on the theory of user experience, combined with the semi-structured questionnaire survey, the users' experience in using disposable beverage cups was analyzed. A total of 200 valid questionnaires were obtained to understand the users' expectations for the existing disposable beverage cups, which were mainly functional requirements such as hygiene, convenience of use, and environmental protection. Following the design requirements of product function improvement mentioned above, TRIZ forty invention evaluation rules are used for innovative solutions in line with the evaluation. The second stage is an innovative design. Based on the reduced-plastic design of the beverage paper cup with improved function and easier recycling proposed in the previous stage, the paper cup is continued, retrieved, and analyzed by patent. Finally, a new patent structure design is obtained.

Key Words: TRIZ, beverage cup, new structural design, wisdom