Advertisement buntings are still widely used in Malaysia because of their low cost, easy to operate and lot of services offer by the company. Difficulties to dismantle the buntings or leftover rusted wire that need to use a ladder in uncertainty condition can cause a risk of ladder falls based on UPM risk evaluation matrix, disrupts the scenery, and pollute the environment.

On the other hand, the rusted wire is left on the street lighting columns due to the dumping of illegal advertisements in the residential areas in Malaysia.

 

Skyridder, is a working prototype that can simplify the process of removing wires on lamp posts without using a ladder, speed up the process, improve worker safety, and is low cost. Skyridder can also help to speed up the uninstallation of buntings and taking down the illegal advertisements. Its also helps the community to make sure the cleanliness of lamp post and environment.

ADVANTAGES 

• can reach height up to 5.5 meter from the ground,
• 85% speedup the process
• 98% cheaper compare than imported tools
• reduce 75% weight from average imported tools,
• easy to use and adjustable handle
• avoid using a ladder to improve worker`s safety

 

IMPACT 

• Help the workers more safety to take out the rusted wire on the street lighting columns in any ground circumstances condition, confront presence blazing of the sun to minimize, reduce and eliminate hazards that occur due to any obstacle, and ladder perturbation
• Helps PBT & Community to clean the lamp post and environment.

 

MARKET POTENTIAL   

• By successfully implemented this project, we manage to improve workers safety based on OSH evaluation towards achieving our university strategic plan and been used by the university and nearby community.
• Potential to be use by Local Authority, university, school  & 8,100 resident community in Malaysia to overcome the illegal advertisement at the lamppost

 

VIDEO | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Sca8GdVW8

Intellectual Property |  AR2019004073

TRL : 5

 

Inventor 

Asrizam Esam 
Putra Science Park (PSP)
Email : asrizam@upm.edu.my

Tarikh Input: 04/08/2023 | Kemaskini: 16/11/2023 | asrizam