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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.
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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.
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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