MINIMUM RESISTANCE SPARK PLUG IGNITION CONNECTOR FROM PLASTIC WASTE (SPICOPLAST)

Abstract

Plastic is the one of material that have easy use value. This is increase the existence of plastic waste in environment. The increase of plastic waste in Yogyakarta based on data from the Yogyakarta Environmental Agency shows that 300 tons of waste produced every day. A total of 40% of which are inorganic waste consisting of 13-14% plastic waste. The existence of plastic waste in the environment has bad impacts, especially for human health. One of ways in waste management is by applying recycle process. By increasing the possibility that plastic waste can be recycled into useful new products, this will certainly help in reducing the problem of plastic waste. This is in line with SDG’s 2030 program to reduce environmental pollution in the world. Based on these problems, we were motivated to make Minimum Resistance Spark Plug Ignition Connector from Plastic Waste (SPICoPlast). To make it is by melting plastic waste at a temperature of 200-280˚C and print them with molding that has been designed. The process of testing this product uses experimental method. Honda Beat FI 2015 was used as the test object of SPICoPlast. This product testing was using dynamometer test to determine changes in engine performance before and after using this product. From the tests carried out, the performance increased by 0.8 Horse Power in engine power, 2.25 Nm in torque, and 1.1 Km/liter more efficient in fuel consumption. Therefore, SPICoPlast is the innovation to the plastic waste problem and can improve the engine performance easily.