PENSO - AI-based calculation unit
The commissioned industrial PC would have been part of a 'turnkey solution' system active in the area of production process control.
Product requirements
The starting requirements for developing the mechanical case of this product were:
- Need to create the new product from a concept.
- Requirement for a distinctive product compared to comparable products already on the market.
- Minimal and modern design.
- Industrialisation and production of the first prototypes.
- Reduced dimensions and weight to carry the product in a flying case.
- Table-top or DIN-rail-mounted product.
- Product easily accessible for maintenance
- Need to direct airflow from the bottom to the top.
- Need to prevent dust ingress, in anticipation of use in the food industry.
- Compliance with electromagnetic compatibility for CE testing.
The aim was to create a computational unit capable of recognising defects on products and, by means of sophisticated AI algorithms, separating the reject from the compliant.
Concept
To realise the project, elmec collaborated with DDP Studio, professionals in the development of industrial design projects. A proxemics, perceptive, ergonomic and functional analysis combined with an evaluation of trends, aesthetic requirements and competing products (or those with similarities to the device in question) allowed DDP Studio to proceed with a preliminary design phase and the development of several concepts.
Collaboration with the elmec project team also allowed us to take into account, during design development, feasibility through available production techniques suitable for series production. After the proposal to be developed was chosen, the final CAD drawings in 2D and 3D were produced, an essential basis for the development and engineering of the system.
The relationship between the mechanical engineers and the designers was essential to match the technical solutions and the aesthetic/functional proposals and to transfer them correctly to the prototype. This highly interactive step ended with the mechanical and aesthetic harmonisation of the design, which allowed the first prototype to be realised.
Dimensions and weight
DIN rail compatibility
Maintenance
Heat dissipation
Protection against external environments
Materials and technologies used
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