Infrared heat mat for TreeHold

Infrared heating mat for TreeHold

What is it?

OfTreeHoldheat treatment deals with trees with the Sweet chestnut blight. The sick person boom wordt omhuld met the warMtemat, which uses infrared radiation to the bacterium renders harmless. This means the tree does not need to be felled, preserving the street scene. This way, TreeHold at the greening to help the world, through nature, lend a hand.

Impression image: the Treehold heat mat in use

Design brief

WellDesign activated by the agro-biotechnology company TreeHoldfor them idea for the heating mat for the thermal treatment of Sweet chestnut blight door to develop. The basic principle was there, but the product wasn't quite ‘finished’ yet. For example, the heating mat needed to be easier on the chestnut tree to be implemented and to be produced in series. For us, this presented a unique challenge.

From prototype to full design

TreeHold as a minimal viable product

Visualisation of the new heating mats

In a systematic process Van ideation, prototyping and testing we have the TreeHold Heating mat developd to a professional Product data

in to produce a series
handy to transport and store is;
easier to attach the tree to.

Furthermore, we paid attention to the weight during material selection: the TreeHold The heating mat as a whole is much lighter, making it easy to Transportable.

The TreeHold makes an impact

At the moment, the TreeHold-methode® in de praktijk getest en op basis van deze tests blijven wij de TreeHold warmtematten verfijnen in functionaliteit en materiaalgebruik. Naast de bestrijding van de Sweet chestnut blight lijkt de TreeHold ook voor andere ziektes een mogelijk goede oplossing: momenteel wordt er in Zuid-Italië geëxperimenteerd met de bestrijding van boktorren en schimmels.