Puli sanitation team transforms excavator into mattress dismantling machine
Puli sanitation team transforms excavator into mattress dismantling machine
2026-06-12
The sanitation department in Nantou’s Puli Township deals with lots of discarded mattresses, which can be time-consuming and labor-intensive to dismantle. To tackle this problem, they modified a small excavator, equipping it with hooks and a clamp. The machine can now easily tear open a mattress’ outer layer, making it much easier to dismantle.
This sanitation department developed its own tool to dismantle discarded mattresses.
Large silver hooks secure the mattress in place, while a blue clamp removes the outer fabric.
This is Puli Township’s recycling department in Nantou. They deal with a lot of discarded mattresses. Dismantling them used to take a lot of time and labor, leaving many workers with blistered hands.
- Is it tiring to do this by hand?
Wang Shih-ming
Sanitation worker
Yes, your hand will definitely get blisters. It takes effort to pull it apart. It takes at least four to six people for one mattress.
Dismantling a mattress used to take five people, and it was impressive if they could dismantle 10 in one morning. But after modifying the excavator to attach hooks and clamps, it only takes two people, and they can do the same work in just an hour.
Wang Shih-ming
Sanitation worker
We saw something similar on TV before and had an idea, so we decided to give it a try.
Chen Chun-hung
Sanitation director
Dismantling them by hand is labor-intensive and physically demanding. Altering this excavator can reduce the need for physical labor and prevent our workers from getting hurt.
The sanitation department transformed an excavator into a tool specifically designed to dismantle mattresses. Now they can complete this work much more efficiently and without exhausting themselves.
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拆床神器!挖斗變成大夾子 拆廢棄彈簧床超省力
2026-06-12
埔里鎮公所清潔隊，時常收到民眾汰換的彈簧床墊，由於床墊屬於大型家具又占空間，透過人力拆解耗時又費力。就有清隊員把小型挖土機的挖斗改造成大夾子，如此一來，就能輕易撕開床墊的外布套，順利拆解淘汰的彈簧床。
清潔隊回收彈簧床墊，得出動自製的拆床神器。
銀色大鉤子緊緊勾住，固定床墊，另外一邊出動藍色的大鋼牙，把床墊上外層布套撕下來。
這裡是埔里清潔隊的回收場，清潔隊說，每次回收大型床墊回來場內，就得開始傷腦筋，因為透過人力拆卸廢棄床墊，費時又費力，手還會起水泡。
-用手工會不會很累?
[[清潔隊隊員 王士明]]
"累喔，那個手一定會起泡，要出力又要抽，一次至少要4個人至6個人。"
拆解彈簧床墊動用5名人力，一個上午能完成10床就很厲害，有了拆床神器，只要兩人就能作業，一小時就能完成本來的工作，全靠隊員改造小型挖土機。
[[清潔隊隊員 王士明]]
"以前電視好像有看過這種，稍微有構想，我們來做看看這樣。"
[[清潔隊隊長 陳俊宏]]
“這種拆的話很費工，而且消耗體力，所以這台改良完之後，第一個可以節省人力，不用讓隊員受到傷害。”
清潔隊員發揮創意，把小型挖土機大改造，成了清潔隊的拆床神器，廢棄床墊送進來，不再皺眉頭，解決了困難，也讓工作效率大大提升。
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