LIFE KNIFE

PROBLEM


In commercial fishing, it is vital to have a knife securely attached to one’s life jacket in case of emergency. One’s chances of survival in case of incident are highly increased if one also has a strobe light. However, both of these essential pieces of equipment are too-often left behind because of the unwieldy nature of attaching multiple items to a life jacket, and the poor construction of knife sheaths that do not properly hold the knife.

DESIGN PROCESS


The creation of a highly functional, water-proof sheath that contains in it a self-charging strobe light in order to streamline and optimize life-saving gear.

FINAL DESIGN


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MATERIALIZATION


 
 
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DESIGN

Design options were created and edited using Rhino software.

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PRINT

After each iteration the case was printed to test function.

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PROTOTYPE

The final result was 3D-printed and assembled, including the electronics ready for testing.

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