Dare to Repair!
ETH Feasibility Lab's Hendrik Clausdeinken uncovers the secrets of reparable products in a thrilling video series.
Over the last decades, the possibility to repair products and devices - so called reparability - has significantly decreased, causing the loss of economically valuable products & components as well as high environmental footprints. While this problem is increasingly tackled on a political level (e.g. EU Circular Economy Action Plan), ETH Feasibility Lab as experts in product engineering and feasibility studies asked:
- How can we make future products and technologies more reparable?
- Which companies do already repair their products and what can we learn from them?
To answer these questions, ETH Feasibility Lab's external pageHendrik Clausdeinken explores reparability in a series of three videos. While he realizes that making reparable products is challenging, the call-to-action is clear: Dare to repair!
If you want to discuss with us, how to improve the reparability and circularity of your products and technologies, reach out to us!
Video 1 - Reparability and norm DIN EN 45554
Here, Hendrik explains the term "reparability" and gives an overview of the "repair and reuse" norm DIN EN 45554, released October 2020. The video gives product engineers and designers an overview of the aspects which need to be considered in a product for improving reparability.
Video 2 - Dare to repair! at iRobot Switzerland
We were invited by iRobot Switzerland, a producer of robot vacuum cleaners and mops, to visit their repair facility. The video gives interesting insights into iRobot's repair process of their modern household companions and summarizes their repair secrets.
Video 3 - Dare to repair! at Victorinox
The Swiss brand "Victorinox" invited our team to follow the repair process of their infamous Swiss army knives. Victorinox' CEO Carl Elsener explains the corporate philosophy behind repair and some anecdotes reflect how personal the connection to a knife can be.
