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Chengtao Cui Is Honored with the Bronze A' Design Award for Transporter Fluid Transmission in Product Engineering and Technical Design

Chengtao Cui honored for product engineering and technical design by the international grand jury of the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition

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COMO, Italy, April 28, 2022 /DesignNewswire/ Transporter Fluid Transmission by Chengtao Cui, designed for Baoding Lead Fluid Technology Co., Ltd., has been granted the Bronze A' Design Award in the Product Engineering and Technical Design category, A' Design Award & Competition has announced. The award was conferred within the 2021 - 2022 A' Design Award & Competition and was decided through blind peer review by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members, who assessed anonymized entries against predetermined criteria.

The Bronze A' Design Award Explained

The Bronze A' Design Award is given to outstanding designs that showcase a high degree of creativity and practicality. It recognizes the dedication and skill of designers who produce work that stands out for its thoughtful development and innovative use of materials and technology. These designs are acknowledged for their professional execution and potential to influence industry standards positively. Winning this award highlights the designer's ability to blend form and function effectively, offering solutions that enhance people's lives and wellbeing.

About Transporter Fluid Transmission

Transporter is a peristaltic pump head that moves liquid by squeezing a hose with rollers. The pump head opens when a red cover is rotated upward, so the hose can be placed inside and then secured by rotating the cover down again. Elastic clamping structures at the inlet and outlet accept hose sizes 13 to 17. The head is joined to a drive through an adapter plate, and a spring lock holds the connection. Red parts mark the operating points, helping new users work without a manual. The shell is made of Ixef 1022.

About Chengtao Cui

Chengtao Cui, working in Baoding Lead Fluid Technology Co., Ltd. is responsible for product design. He has twice won the German Red Dot Award, and they take user experience into consideration in the process of product design to gain customers' favor.

Award Record

With this recognition, Chengtao Cui is a winner of 1 A' Design Award.

About the A' Product Engineering and Technical Design Award

The A' Engineering Design Award is an international competition recognizing outstanding engineering projects by top engineers and consulting firms worldwide. The competition is organized within the A' Design Award & Competition and is open to product engineers, technical designers, industrial designers and industrial design studios from all countries. Entries typically include blueprints, prototypes, schematics, CAD models, technical drawings and machine designs. Awarded engineering designs are published at https://dezigners.org/design-category/engineering

About A' Design Award & Competition

A' Design Award & Competition is an international, juried design accolade organized annually since 2008. The competition is open to entries from all countries. The A' Design Award has a philanthropic mission to advance society through good design by recognizing and promoting superior products, projects and services that benefit society, and by creating a global awareness and appreciation for good design practices and principles. Entries are peer reviewed and anonymously evaluated by an international grand jury panel of established academics, design professionals and press members against predetermined criteria such as functionality, ergonomics, engineering, presentation, innovation, usability, sustainability and technology, with score normalization applied to remove biases. Awards are conferred at Platinum, Gold, Silver, Bronze and Iron levels. The A' Design Prize granted to eligible laureates includes the award trophy, the certificate of design excellence, the hardcover yearbook, a lifetime license to use the A' Design Award winner logo, exhibition of awarded works, an invitation to the gala night and award ceremony in Italy, inclusion in the World Design Rankings and Designer Rankings, and public relations and publicity services. Registration, the upload of a work and the preliminary score are free of charge, and Professional and Digital Edition laureates are not contractually obliged to pay further fees to claim the A' Design Prize. Further information is available at https://competition.adesignaward.com

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Fact Sheet

The Work

Project
Transporter Fluid Transmission
Function
Fluid Transmission
Category
Product Engineering and Technical Design
Discipline
Industrial Design
Industry
Manufacturing
Colors
Gainsboro, Crimson, Silver, Firebrick and Indian Red
Images
5
Client
Baoding Lead Fluid Technology Co., Ltd.

The Recognition

Laureate
Chengtao Cui
Country
China
Recognition
Bronze A' Design Award
Edition
2021 - 2022
Design ID
#137298

Credits

Team
Yanfeng Zhang, Xiaoliang Zhang, Xiaoling Zhang, Ruipeng Wang and Penghao Li

Design Details

Unique Properties
The transporter is a peristaltic pump head that squeezes the hose through a roller to move the liquid in the pipe. His main innovation was the way the pump head was opened, followed by the way the pump head was connected to the drive. We use a highly saturated color block to indicate the operation button, so that the staff can easily notice the operation position.
Inspiration
According to the user's feedback, whether it is simple sub assembly or quantitative transmission, replacing the hose and dismantling the pumphead are the most frequent steps. If it is a newcomer, he must rely on the manual. The design is inspired by the piston pump. Its structure is made up of levers to move the piston up and down. The structure is very simple, and the way the pump head opens is the same.And his color scheme helps beginners understand how he works.
Research
The characteristics of peristaltic pump are not in contact with liquid, sanitary and safe, and the transmission medium uses silica gel hose, which can be transmitted warm and will not destroy the composition of the liquid, so there are peristaltic pumps in many industries. In the lab we test the life of the hose by constantly squeezing it, so as to know how often the hose is replaced. Through the interview with the user to know the problems in the pump head loading and unloading, so as to make a new design.
Challenge
Practicality and ease of use were critical to this project. First, it must have a reasonable structure to accomplish the function, and second, it must indicate how the operation should be done through some indicators such as shape and color.
Realization and Technology
The shell material is Ixef1022
Operation and Interaction
Rotate the red cover upward, lift the pressure tube structure, put the hose in, and rotate the red cover downward again to complete the hose installation. The two sides of the hose inlet and outlet are elastic clamping structure, can be used in No.13-17 hose. When the pump head is connected to the driver, first fix the adapter plate to the driver through screws, and then rotate the pump head towards the card slot of the connecting board, and the spring self-locks to complete the installation.
Project Duration and Location
The project began in April 2021 in Hebei, China, and ended in February 2022 in Hebei, China.
Specifications
When closed, the product size is 83mmx56mmx83mm Product size when opened 83mmx56mmx180mm The hose replacement space is 22.4mm
Keywords
Visualization, Humanization, Fast, Easy, Proportional

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