Dishwasher system / PoliMi / 2025
Micropure
Dishes that wait for the wash, without the smell.
Developed with Midea: a dishwasher function that keeps loaded dishes hydrated and odor-free until you run a full cycle, using cold steam and negative ions, with minimal energy.
- Role
- Product design · Concept
- Team
- Team project
- Year
- 2025
- Context
- Politecnico di Milano × Midea
0%
internal humidity reached in about one minute
1:1
full-scale working prototype
3
components: steam generator, air generator, diffuser
Everyone eventually meets bad odors coming from the dishwasher.
micropure stops them from forming, without rinsing the dishes first and without waste.
Three components, one small module
Diffuser. Mixes air and steam through a Venturi geometry and spreads them evenly inside the tub.
A button of its own
Separate area. micropure has its own control, apart from the main power button: using it doesn’t mean switching the whole dishwasher on.
Built at full scale
A 1:1 dishwasher made of screen-printed plexiglass and velvet-covered MDF, with a 3D-printed diffuser, tank and fan, and an LED strip that shows the airflow. It confirmed the CFD simulations from SolidWorks: 80% humidity in about a minute.
