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The greatest wine bottle holder ever designed

We are calling on the world's most creative minds to design the wine bottle holder of the future through advanced design and 3D Printing

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Won
prize:
$1,500 in 3D printing credit + 3% royalty on revenue

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Summary

Overview

Wine is one of the oldest, and most popular drinks in the annals of human history. In addition to your pantry and local merchant, wine has been discovered within the graves of the pharaohs dating back thousands of years.

A noble stand for a noble drink

The aim of this design challenge is to design a noble stand for this noble drink, according to the most modern technologies.

The design should be submitted to 3D Print Western, Edmonton by November 15, 2017. Winners will be announced on January 10, 2018

The competition only accepts watertight .STL format files from the participants applying to this event.

According to the judging criteria, the best 2 design ideas will be 3D printed by the 3D Print Western team.

The 3 best ideas will receive valuable gifts including $1,000 in 3D Priting credit.


Guidelines

  • The design should be submitted to 3D Print Western Edmonton by November 15, 2017
  • The design should consider the material properties of the FDM 3D printing materials, namely ASA, PC. The properties are available at the home page of the manufacturer (Stratasys).
  • The design should consider the printing capabilities of the 3D printer used - Fortus 900, see manufacturer (Stratasys) website for printing specificaitons and tolerances.
  • The final printed product should require minimal manual assembly and minimal post-processing (colouring, sanding) manual assembly is required.
  • All entries must be participants original work, have not been in production or otherwise previously published or exhibited.
  • The design including picture, icon, symbol within shall not in any way infringe any third parties right. Including but not limited to copyright, logos, trademark or other proprietary rights.
  • There is a limit of 2 submissions per each participants, however only 1 participant can only be nominated for 1 of his/her submissions.
  • Team entries are welcome, but they will be considered as 1 participant, and the above mentioned rules are valid to them.
  • The winning design belongs to the organizer who reserves the right to print, use and alter it in any manner deemed fit, without payment of any fee.

The design should be capable of:

  • Mechanically support minimum 1, maximum 3 standard sized (750 ml) bottles of wine.
  • Stand/sit on a table without any additional support.
  • Hold the bottles in an angle, or in laid position to maintain the humidity level of the cork.
  • For the design process, any kind of 3D modelling environment (SolidWorks, CREO, MAYA, 3DS Max, etc.) and any kind of topology optimization software (Inspire, ProTop, ParetoWorks, etc.) can be used.

Eligibility

  • Student/Student Team - Any student can participate from inside and outside Canada, regardless of area of study.
  • Professional/Professional Team - Professional designers, engineers, design studios.

Prize

  • The winner will receive $1,500 in 3D printing credit (must be redeemed at 3D Print Western)
  • The winner will also receive 3% royalty on revenue of their design for 3 years.
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Time is running out!

Nov. 8, 2017, 10 a.m. PST by Liz Treadwell

We are just under a week away from the submission deadline for The greatest wine bottle holder ever designed!

This message is to remind you to complete and finalize your submission before the deadline on Wednesday, Nov. 15th at 12am PST/3am EST. The HeroX platform is automated so your submission must be finalized before that date for it to be considered for the judging stage.

You can view a How-To video on completing your submission here: http://herox.com/howtosubmit

If you have any questions, please leave a comment in the Forum.

If you encounter any technical issues with the HeroX platform, please contact HeroX tech support at


How's it going?

Sept. 20, 2017, 2 p.m. PDT by Liz Treadwell

Hi everyone,

We're a couple of weeks into the competition and wanted to see how your wine bottle design holders were coming along! There are a few notes we wanted to pass along as well: 

  • Don't hesitate to reach out with any questions. Whether on the challenge forum or by sending us a direct message, we strongly encourage our innovators to ask questions.
  • Get your submissions in early! You can always edit and re-submit your entry as many times as you’d like up until the deadline.
  • Collaborate with others if you’d like! Visit the Community tab to form your team, invite others to join it, or seek out other registered innovators to work together.

That's all for now. Best of luck!


Forum3
Teams30
FAQ