Old World Industries•Closes February 12, 2025Here is a breakdown of how the winners for this challenge will be rewarded:
- The top 5.0% of ideas will share 62.5% of the rewards pool
- The next 7.5% of rated ideas share 25.0% of the rewards pool
- The next 12.5% share 12.5% of the rewards pool
In summary, 25% of participants will be eligible to win a reward based on how their ideas are rated!
We sell a product called BlueDEF that comes in a 2.5 gallon box and is added to diesel engines to reduce harmful emissions. When you purchase the product, it comes with a screw-on nozzle that can be attached to the box to make it easier to pour into the proper engine receptacle. Unfortunately, the screw-on nozzle can leak/drip for a couple of reasons:
- If the user doesn’t screw it on perfectly, liquid can seep through the connection point, making it leak out of the box
- The screw-on nozzle has an air vent on it. When the user screws it on, if the vent is not at the top of the nozzle, then liquid will drip out the vent. You can see this problem in this customer-created video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U06xyHHEvZw
We are interested in new ideas for how to solve this problem to give our customers a better experience when they pour BlueDEF into their engines. Attached to the challenge page are images of the existing BlueDEF bottle as well as the current screw-on nozzle to help you in your idea generation.
Considerations: We have already explored the following solutions, so please submit something that does NOT replicate one of these ideas:
- Putting an extendable nozzle into the jug itself instead of making it a separate screw-on nozzle
- Adding an o-ring inside the screw-on nozzle
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