In cooperation with GTS, a generator manufacturer from Mögglingen we developed a redesign of the current Man-Machine-Interface for the interaction with lifting magnet out of excavator cockpits.
Development objectives were an ergonomical optimation including display readability and orientation as well as combining the regular interface device with a service control unit to be able to make use of all possibilities the necessary electronic connection to the main control enables.
The key features – lift and release – are still controlled by an external joystick that can be connected to an I/O-Box.The magnetic strength and the magnetisation profile can be adjusted with four membrane buttons. Through a key combination a hidden service layer will be entered wich allows access to several protocols including errors and regular operation data and it enables autonomous analyses.
Prototyping
📅 2015
💼 HfG Schwäbisch Gmünd & GTS
🧔 Lea Schimmele, Victor Weißenberger, Felix Laarmann
