Gowes Washing Machine Innovation for Industrial Engineering Study Program StudentsStudents of the Industrial Engineering Study Program, Faculty of Engineering, University of Muhammadiyah Malang (UMM) created an innovation in the form of a washing machine prototype without electricity but connected to a winding bicycle (gowes).
Ten students developed the prototype of this rolling washing machine in two groups for a Product Design and Development course under the guidance of lecturer Ir. Muhammad Lukman, MT. "This idea started with paying electricity tariffs, which are increasingly expensive due to the elimination of subsidies," said Arfian Sinatra Darussalam, a team member.
In addition, homemakers rarely have time to exercise. So, while riding the washing machine, you can exercise. "The washing results are not inferior to those using electric washing machines, but the production costs are still a bit expensive when making this prototype bouncing washing machine," he said.
Because, he continued, buying a used washing machine for Rp. 500,000 and a used wind bike. But, if you already have a new washing machine, it can be even cheaper. "In the future, we want to be able to minimize the shape, but only the tube," he said.
Thus, the shape will not be identical to the washing machine box. Someone has developed a prototype of this gowes washing machine in Japan, but not yet in Indonesia. So that many parties are interested in inviting the innovation team for this gowes washing machine, including from national television stations.
He explained that all the machines were removed to make the washing machine gowes. Instead, the drive is geared to rotate the inside of the washing machine. Then the legs are moved to ride the bike. "In the future, the plan is to include it in the PKM (Student Creativity Program) in the field of creative initiative. Then, who knows, it could be funded by the Ministry of Research, Technology and Higher Education," he said.
Arfian stated that the constraint on its manufacture lies in time because it is a college assignment for about two months. The washing machine is still being used personally by Arfian and his friends in the boarding houses.
Meanwhile, Dian Palupi Restuputri, Secretary of the Industrial Engineering Study Program, added that the Product Design and Development course was the beginning for students to produce work, either modifying existing ones or creating new works that had never existed before.
"One of the skills of the industrial engineering department is to make a product which can later be applied to both the industrial world and society," he said.
Arfian and his friends hope that in the future, their products can be helpful for the community, especially using used washing machines.
