This presentation explains the relation between TRIZ, innovative joining methods and the translation to the systematic innovation method of CREAX. It contains several examples of joining methods & materials, illustrating the basics of thinking in properties. The presentation was made for the event: Shaping Matter, July 2013, Kortrijk, Belgium. CREAX shared the stage with Chris Lefteri, Voka & DoDesign.

1. Innovative joining
methods and
materials in TRIZ
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This
Slidedeck
was
presented
on
the
event:
Shaping
Ma9er,
July
2013,
Kortrijk,
Belgium.
CREAX
shared
the
stage
with
Chris
LeMeri,
Voka
&
DoDesign.

2. Genrich Altshuller, a Russian inventor and
science fiction writer, spent more than 20
years analyzing patents in order to discover a
system behind innovation. He created a
theory called ‘TRIZ’ to describe the
systematic patterns he discovered.

3. He discovered that innovation is often about
solving contradictions. The contradiction
matrix in TRIZ helps to lead you to the right
solution. Suppose you want to create a strong
material, that has to be lightweight at the
same time. A solution offered by the matrix to
solve this contradiction is to make composite
materials.

4. “Where a system is
uniform or
Homogenous, make
it non-uniform”
PRINCIPLE 3: LOCAL QUALITY
Sounds simple, no? However, the challenge
is to translate the abstract principles offered
by the TRIZ contradiction matrix to tangible
solutions.

5. Therefore we use a list of properties derived
from the TRIZ methodology. There are 20
universal properties. By varying these
properties according to a predetermined
pattern, new functionalities can be achieved.
And these new functionalities can help to
solve contradictions.
Method by AULIVE

6. 14. opposites
The nut and bolt are a classic among connection
tools. You would think they can’t possibly be
changed, but still they are quite easily improved.
The TWIN NUT is a bolt for hard to reach places. It’s
very useful in situations where the rod is damaged
and it saves assembly time. You just click the two
halves onto the rod and after only a few rotations the
bolt is tightened.
Method by AULIVE
www.twinnut.com

7. 03. fragmentation
Shear bolts are made to crack at a certain
amount of torque. Therefore the bolt cannot
be unscrewed anymore. These bolts are
mainly used in public places or for security
applications (vaults, bunkers, etc…).
Method by AULIVE
http://www.securityfastenersandfixings.co.uk/

8. 10. coordination
Explosive bolts are also made to
break. They are used to fix fuel
tanks onto the main rocket of
space shuttles. When the tanks
are empty, the bolts explode and
the tanks fall back to earth.
Explosive bolts are a solution to
the problem “I want to fix
something onto another thing but
the moment it has no function
anymore it needs to be gone”
Method by AULIVE
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions

9. Apparently the bolts worked.
www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/shuttle/shuttlemissions

10. A Ferrari is not made in one
piece. It’s actually made of two
halves bolted together. These
bolts shear on a heavy impact,
causing the separation of the
heavier engine part from the
passenger compartment and
thus dissipating the energy of
the crash, making Ferraris
safer.
http://www.thetruthaboutcars.com/2009/03/ask-the-best-and-brightest-why-do-ferraris-break-in-two/

11. 03. fragmentation
Another inventive solution from
the automotive industry is this
‘broken’ connecting rod. The rod
is made in one piece and then
broken in a controlled fashion to
generate two pieces. The rough
surface on the fault plane makes
sure the fit between the 2 parts is
optimal and that the connecting
rod can sustain higher forces
than a conventional one.
http://www.bestinnovativesource.com/2012/11/30/fracture-split-process-for-connecting-rod/
Method by AULIVE

12. Most people have already broken
a vase or plate and have glued it
back together, amazed by how
well the pieces interlocked in
each other. Same principle,
different application!
http://nmscarcheologylab.wordpress.com/

13. 01. state
The glue you used to mend the
broken plate was probably
superglue. This kind of adhesive
reacts with moisture in the air
and turns from a liquid to a solid
in a matter of seconds.
Method by AULIVE

14. Superglue has known some
unorthodox uses. In the Vietnam
war it was used to close wounds
on the battlefield. Superglue, a
lifesaver?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyanoacrylate

15. 07. shape
Gluing wounds is strange, but
stapling them is even stranger.
Yet it is a highly effective method,
used broadly in the medical
world.
Method by AULIVE
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Skin_stapler_closeup.jpg

16. 10. coordination
There’s even a stapler that
doesn’t need any staples.
Instead it perforates the pages
and folds them together to lock
them too each other.
Method by AULIVE
http://www.unfinishedman.com/the-staple-less-stapler/

17. 17. symmetry
The ‘stapless stapler’ principle
inspired CREAX to do the same
with cardboard so there would be
no need for glue or staples in the
packaging industry.
Method by AULIVE

18. 13. integration
Even simple packaging tape can
be improved. Just adding a
simple piece of rope eliminates
the need of a cutter and allows
easy opening.
Method by AULIVE
http://www.quirky.com/products/252-Rip-cord-string-packaging-tape

19. 04. surface
Inspired by the gecko’s ability to
scale even the steepest and
smoothest surface, scientists are
now making tape and sheets
based on gecko toes. These
tapes can adhere to any surface
without using glue and are at the
same time very easily released.
(yes, that’s a contradiction)
http://www.pitchengine.com/cosi/geckostailstotoepadsexhibitsticksatcosi

20. No magnetic field Magnetic Field present
Top View
Side View
10. coordination
One step further, some scientists
even developed a switchable
gecko-surface. Under the
influence of a magnetic field the
surface can switch between stick
and non-stick.
Method by AULIVE
http://robotics.eecs.berkeley.edu/~ronf/Gecko/

21. 01. state
Magnetic fields are also used to
fix invisible screws inside
furniture and other wood work. In
this way the screw can be fixed
from a distance, using the
magnetic field.
Method by AULIVE
http://swissinvis.com/

22. 14. opposites
It is not always necessary to use
fixtures. Sometimes the parts
themselves function as the
fixture.
Method by AULIVE
http://www.designboom.com/design/luis-arrivillaga-infinite-table-top-frame/

23. 17. symmetry
And if you do think
everything has been
optimized to perfection,
think again.
Method by AULIVE
http://www.antonia-roth.de/Objekte.html

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