Domestic Soap Scrap Reuse Device

First of all please have look at the project briefing pdf uploaded Design a hand powered device to combine and compact used soap scraps into a large single bar. The device is to be designed to reuse old scraps of soap forming them into new bars. It is thought that some sort of mechanism will be required during the compacting or squeezing operation. To enable very hard old scraps of soaps to be compressed, it is required that water is added somehow during the combining / squeezing operation. The device is to be designed for domestic use and as such it should be designed as a complete “Product”, something which could, and would be bought in a shop.” Detailed Specification 1) The device, when being operated, shall be able to be wall or table mounted. 2) When not in use, the device shall stow or fold into a 400mm x 150mm square, spatial volume, and have the facility to be hung/ stowed on a wall. 3) The device is to be hand powered alone to compress /compact the soaps. 4) The device shall use water as a means of softening the soap scraps. 5) The device during operation shall be water tight, and have filling and draining facilities. 6) The device shall be designed for ease of cleaning. 7) The device shall be safe to operate, and stow as in (2) 8) The device shall be designed for mass manufacture,100,000 units sold/ year 9) The selling price of the “ Soap Compactor Product” is to be £35 each based on (8) 10) The device is to be designed in accordance with British Standards for Domestic devices. 11) The total mass of the device is to be no greater than 2kg dry (without any water added) 12) The design must cater for right or left handed users.