Redesign of Hydraulic and Pneumatic Products for NIMCO Controls AB
(2005)Innovation
- Abstract
- NIMCO Controls AB is a company located in Malmö, Sweden, that manufactures
hydraulic valves mainly for the farming industry. They proposed me to work on three
independent design projects to renew their product range.
The first topic was a platform research for handgrips. As the company uses lots of
different lever systems that need a handle, the main objective was to design a
platform which derivates are suitable for electric and mechanic applications. This
topic started with customer needs researches, benchmarks and an ergonomic study.
The result was that only one platform for all applications wasn’t really adapted. It
was essentially due to the handling differences between the mechanic and electronic
versions.
The second work... (More) - NIMCO Controls AB is a company located in Malmö, Sweden, that manufactures
hydraulic valves mainly for the farming industry. They proposed me to work on three
independent design projects to renew their product range.
The first topic was a platform research for handgrips. As the company uses lots of
different lever systems that need a handle, the main objective was to design a
platform which derivates are suitable for electric and mechanic applications. This
topic started with customer needs researches, benchmarks and an ergonomic study.
The result was that only one platform for all applications wasn’t really adapted. It
was essentially due to the handling differences between the mechanic and electronic
versions.
The second work was to give a new youth to a pneumatic control valve.
According to the customers, this product was too bulky so it had to be redesigned to
stay on the market. Once again the needs of the customers had to be studied but here
the main task was to design a radically new compact system. The conception has
been broken down in sub-concepts leading to a conclusive result with a size and
weight reduction of 50%. A future test phase will check and adjust the proportionality
lever angle/air pressure.
The last project was to answer to a special order. A customer wanted NICMO to
produce a small hydraulic valve with uncommon dimensions. So the topic was to
design this valve according to the production means of the company and check the
feasibility of this valve. The product has been designed through a tentative research
by combining existing solutions. The valve answers to the decided guidelines: it is
entirely manufacturable by NIMCO and integrates a maximum of NIMCO’s existing
parts. (Less)
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- author
- Fabert, Arthur
- supervisor
- organization
- year
- 2005
- type
- H2 - Master's Degree (Two Years)
- subject
- language
- English
- id
- 1510963
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abstract = {{NIMCO Controls AB is a company located in Malmö, Sweden, that manufactures
hydraulic valves mainly for the farming industry. They proposed me to work on three
independent design projects to renew their product range.
The first topic was a platform research for handgrips. As the company uses lots of
different lever systems that need a handle, the main objective was to design a
platform which derivates are suitable for electric and mechanic applications. This
topic started with customer needs researches, benchmarks and an ergonomic study.
The result was that only one platform for all applications wasn’t really adapted. It
was essentially due to the handling differences between the mechanic and electronic
versions.
The second work was to give a new youth to a pneumatic control valve.
According to the customers, this product was too bulky so it had to be redesigned to
stay on the market. Once again the needs of the customers had to be studied but here
the main task was to design a radically new compact system. The conception has
been broken down in sub-concepts leading to a conclusive result with a size and
weight reduction of 50%. A future test phase will check and adjust the proportionality
lever angle/air pressure.
The last project was to answer to a special order. A customer wanted NICMO to
produce a small hydraulic valve with uncommon dimensions. So the topic was to
design this valve according to the production means of the company and check the
feasibility of this valve. The product has been designed through a tentative research
by combining existing solutions. The valve answers to the decided guidelines: it is
entirely manufacturable by NIMCO and integrates a maximum of NIMCO’s existing
parts.}},
author = {{Fabert, Arthur}},
language = {{eng}},
note = {{Student Paper}},
title = {{Redesign of Hydraulic and Pneumatic Products for NIMCO Controls AB}},
year = {{2005}},
}