Mobility for all project
Toyota do Brasil
ABOUT IT
Toyota do Brasil, Revo (an orthopedic prosthesis solutions company) and Techtools (which invests in and supplies healthcare solutions) have developed a project that uses surplus aluminum from the casting and machining of Toyota engine blocks and cylinder heads to manufacture prosthetic components.
Although the processes are designed to make the most of the material, there is always a small surplus. Until then, this aluminum was sent directly for recycling, but now it has been given a more noble destination by adopting the concept of creative reuse or upcycling.
With this initiative, in addition to reusing aluminum waste, we will reduce the cost of prostheses, making them more accessible to people in need and thus bringing mobility and happiness to everyone and making society more inclusive.
Results and Objectives
The project began in 2021. In its first (pilot) phase, 6 kilos of aluminum from Toyota were reused and transformed into feet for amputees, where stainless steel components were replaced by aluminum components, providing better durability and resistance for the prostheses. In this initial phase we benefited 6 people (including the Brazilian paralympic athlete Alan Fonteles).
Now, in 2022, in the second phase of the project, we are developing the tooling to manufacture prostheses on a large scale, for the public health network, with the reuse of 1.2 tons of aluminum from Toyota and also for the production of 30 more prostheses that will benefit low-income amputees and victims of traffic accidents in the interior of São Paulo.
Deadline: December 2, 2022 (Prosthesis handover ceremony)
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