KitMe: a project in which TERENZI SRL supported with technology in order to engineer the molds and produce the aesthetic parts of the first service developed.
Designed by Design Group Italia, with electronic design by DAOS Group, it is a solution composed of a smartwatch and universal sensors. The innovative system is based on the real-time detection of any sound or vibrating source diffused in the environment around us. The kit is combined with an App and an accessible customer service which, being made up of both deaf and hearing staff, is able to respond to any communication need. IntendiMe offers a unique service of its kind, associated with a kit that allows the detection of sounds and vibrations. KitMe was created "with the deaf for the deaf" and - not only - it provides an assistance service via chat and video chat also in LIS (Italian Sign Language) with deaf and hearing operators.
The kit works with proprietary radio communication and with Bluetooth (for configuration), it has a wide signal coverage: it is therefore not necessary to have an internet network or an electrical network. Added to this are the absence of sound interference and the small size from which versatility and portability derive: KitMe can be moved anywhere both in terms of place (home, work, vacation...) and in terms of detectable source (any vibrating and/or sound source). It also has a well-finished and functional design aesthetics, it is not a medical device but an accessory within everyone's reach. The design, the feasibility study, the engineering and then the ad hoc designed production chain made the initial and feasible idea of a complex product concrete. It is therefore a social project, but also functional and aesthetic, revolving around the concept of ergonomics.
TERENZI SRL was involved in the project as regards the industrialization of the product, to identify and propose solutions on the materials to be used, on the executive technologies and on the feasibility from a mechanical point of view. It was decided to make injection molds with hydraulic movements for the production of plastic parts, and in this case we are talking about six moulds, one for the LED guides and the smartwatch and sensor buttons, the other five respectively for the sensor case, the charger, the band, the smartwatch case and its frame. The "plastic on metal" overmolding that incorporates the 4 pogo pin connectors is also obtained in the mold for making the smartwatch and sensor. The mold concerning the smartwatch case was specially designed for the type of material in question, i.e. ABS; this mold is in 1730 steel with dowels and dies in 2085 steel. The molding phase of the sensors takes place by "submarine injection", which allows the automatic division of the pieces from the scrap.
The product is made up as a whole of three sensors that are applied to the sound sources and a smartwatch that notifies the detections in real time; there is also an App to manage the sensors and other smartwatch functions simultaneously.
