IMUDIS
Smart UV-C disinfection for air and surfaces
IMUDIS disinfects air and surfaces against viruses, bacteria, fungi and odours, with no filters or chemicals.
Conventional UV devices force a trade-off. Closed units are safe around people but weaker at cleaning air. Open units clean better but only in empty rooms, since prolonged UV exposure harms eyes and skin. IMUDIS removes the trade-off.
During the working day, IMUDIS cleans the air with its lamps enclosed. When the room empties, its flaps open and UV-C light reaches surfaces directly. When someone enters, the flaps close again. Fewer lamps and fewer devices reach a higher level of disinfection.
The housing is extruded from recycled aluminium, which also works as a reflector inside the device and improves its effectiveness. Every material in it, aluminium and steel, can be recycled.
The design began with the opening mechanism. Several options were tested against three criteria: appearance, ease of manufacturing and light coverage when open. A simple two-flap mechanism won, because its hinges could be formed in the extrusion itself. Fewer components, faster assembly.
Extrusion also makes the product scalable. One process produces several sizes for different UV-C lamps without major changes to production. Aluminium can be recycled indefinitely, using up to 95% less energy than primary production. About 75% of all aluminium ever made is still in use. The extrusion partners in Sweden run mostly on hydroelectric power.
Rounds of iteration, testing and market research led to the final form: cleaner than the competition, and simple to manufacture, assemble, install and maintain.
IMUDIS was developed within “Design Wings”, a non-financial support programme that brings together talent and expertise to build competitive design products grounded in innovation and the digital and circular economy.
Industrial design: Lukas Avėnas
With support from Denis Orlenok
