<p>This Degree project for Degree of Bachelor of Science in Innovation and Design Engineering has been carried out by Emmelie Johansson and Johan Skarius at the Faculty of Technology and Science at Karlstad’s university during spring 2009. The Degree project extends 22,5ECTS credits.</p><p> </p><p>The commissioning body for this project has been Posten messaging AB, production and processes. The orderer and supervisor was Arne Grentzelius. Supervisors and examiners at Karlstad’s university were Monica Jakobsson and Lennart Wihk.</p><p>Posten is one of the Nordic regions largest messaging and logistics operators. They are serving 4.5 million homes and 900 000 businesses daily.</p><p> </p><p>Posten messaging AB is a daughter company to Posten AB. Posten messaging includes both post activities for private customers and companies. The service contains mail distribution and news distribution. Mail distribution gives Posten the largest incomes. Posten distributes both unaddressed and addressed direct mail. Their main country is Sweden.</p><p>There are about 15000 mailmen in Sweden and 2750 of them are delivering mail by bicycle.</p><p> </p><p>Posten has a problem with the front mailbag on the bicycle and want it to be improved. That is how the students got their assignment. The assignment is to find a better solution of the mailbag. Today’s mailbag has some problems, like its short lifetime, high price and its rain cover allows almost no resistance against rain.</p><p> </p><p>To fulfil all the mailmen’s needs, an extensive analysis of the current market as interviews, inquiries and study visits were made.</p><p>A several manufacturing companies were contacted by the students, about technical possibilities and estimates of price of the future product. These were followed by generating innovative ideas and identify those which are most likely to become successful concepts.</p><p> </p><p>The final product is made of a plastic material or a composite material (such as glass fibre) which gives it a much longer lifetime together with, more stability and a very advantageous price. Most accessories have been integrated to the manufactoring, which makes it easier to deliver mail. The rain cover has been more resistant of the penetration of rain<strong> </strong>and designed to fit the mailbag.</p><p> </p><p>The degree project resulted in a prototype in a 1:1 scale, 3D-visualisations, an academic report, a final presentation and an exhibition</p><p> </p>

This Degree project for Degree of Bachelor of Science in Innovation and Design Engineering has been carried out by Emmelie Johansson and Johan Skarius at the Faculty of Technology and Science at Karlstad’s university during spring 2009. The Degree project extends 22,5ECTS credits.   The commissioning body for this project has been Posten messaging AB, production and processes. The orderer and supervisor was Arne Grentzelius. Supervisors and examiners at Karlstad’s university were Monica Jakobsson and Lennart Wihk. Posten is one of the Nordic regions largest messaging and logistics operators. They are serving 4.5 million homes and 900 000 businesses daily.   Posten messaging AB is a daughter company to Posten AB. Posten messaging includes both post activities for private customers and companies. The service contains mail distribution and news distribution. Mail distribution gives Posten the largest incomes. Posten distributes both unaddressed and addressed direct mail. Their main country is Sweden. There are about 15000 mailmen in Sweden and 2750 of them are delivering mail by bicycle.   Posten has a problem with the front mailbag on the bicycle and want it to be improved. That is how the students got their assignment. The assignment is to find a better solution of the mailbag. Today’s mailbag has some problems, like its short lifetime, high price and its rain cover allows almost no resistance against rain.   To fulfil all the mailmen’s needs, an extensive analysis of the current market as interviews, inquiries and study visits were made. A several manufacturing companies were contacted by the students, about technical possibilities and estimates of price of the future product. These were followed by generating innovative ideas and identify those which are most likely to become successful concepts.   The final product is made of a plastic material or a composite material (such as glass fibre) which gives it a much longer lifetime together with, more stability and a very advantageous price. Most accessories have been integrated to the manufactoring, which makes it easier to deliver mail. The rain cover has been more resistant of the penetration of rain and designed to fit the mailbag.   The degree project resulted in a prototype in a 1:1 scale, 3D-visualisations, an academic report, a final presentation and an exhibition