The OpenCyclone 2.0. Due to the vacuum cleaner's simple design, many parts can already be sourced from the immediate vicinity. For example, the body and tube are made from PVC piping, which is available in any hardware store.

The choice of materials is ultimately up to the consumers. Depending on local availability and procurement resources, there is a wide range of materials that can be incorporated into an OpenCyclone. For example, the OpenCyclone_1 is made from an old detergent bottle, a medical mask, a cardboard tube, and a household hairdryer. Everything is designed to be exchanged, recycled, and reused.

⇑ The OpenCyclone2.x. As the premium version of the three vacuums, it is designed to demonstrate that open-source can also mean high-quality materials without the typical DIY aesthetic.

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Opencyclone

Production system for open-source hardware. Open-source and economic efficiency are not mutually exclusive. To illustrate this, we have designed a conventional industrial product—a vacuum cleaner—that can be manufactured at three different levels of complexity. Both private and commercial actors can produce the OpenCyclone. The blueprints are available in three stages—DIY, Advanced, and Professional—and can be downloaded from os-system.eu.

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Opencyclone

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