Product development project for fire fighting system applied to libraries

Abstract

The discovery of fire has helped human beings to survive. Throughout history its use has been increasingly expanded, such as for protection, heating, lighting and also for the preparation of food, but the destructive power of fire has brought immeasurable losses. In this context, this work introduces a proposition for an auxiliary solution to fires in libraries, whose books is highly flammable and cannot be protected with the usual extinguishing agents, such as water, since this would also damages the integrity of them. To this end, the product development process was used, in which the informational and conceptual project was drawn up. Initially, the problem was defined, the customer's needs were mapped and then these needs were converted into engineering requirements. Some tools and matrices were used, such as the QFD matrix, the morphological matrix and the TRIZ, in order to obtain assertiveness in the development of the final solution and provide a basis for the entire process. At the end, a concept was proposed for an automatically activated product, independent of human action, which is a device placed above the shelves, with temperature or smoke sensors, which, when activated, release a smothering blanket that covers the entire length of the shelf, with the aim of protecting the documents placed on the shelves, preserving these materials properly, as well as slowing down the progress of the fire until the fire-fighting mechanisms are activated. For further study and understanding of the solution's application possibilities, prototyping and testing is suggested.