Seminar bedieningen en behuizingen - FHI, federatie van technologiebranches

Branche

Thursday, September 25, 12:30 – 2:00 PM (Faraday Seminar Room)

Whether you choose standard components or custom solutions, a good housing and a well-designed user interface are essential for a reliable and user-friendly end product. During this seminar, you'll discover how standard solutions can offer significant flexibility, when custom solutions meet specific requirements, and how to develop an interface that seamlessly integrates with real-world applications.

With examples from daily design and development practice, you'll gain insight into the entire process: from selection to integration. An inspiring session for anyone working on functional, safe, and easy-to-use electronics.

12:30 – 12:55

How do I immediately select the right housing for my application?

When choosing an enclosure for your application, various criteria play a role. While many of these selection criteria may seem familiar, in practice, the wrong choices are often made early on – with all the consequences that entails. However, customization isn't always the best or only solution. Standard enclosures – whether customized or not – often offer a more efficient alternative. They are designed according to industry standards and IP ratings and can be easily customized with machining, printing, or additional components to meet specific requirements. This prevents expensive inspections and saves valuable time in the development process.

During this presentation, Fibox will delve deeper into the most important selection criteria for enclosures, supported by practical examples. We will also demonstrate how standard enclosures, with optional modifications, can be used for a wide range of applications. The result: a cost-effective solution with a short lead time.time to market', without making direct concessions to functionality, quality or appearance.

Joost Koekenberg, FIBOX (on behalf of Comdes Components)

13:00 – 13:25

The power of smart housing

When developing electronic products, the initial focus is often on the electronics themselves—the working heart or brain of the product. In early development phases, such as proof-of-concepts or within SMEs, standard housings offer a solution: quickly deployable, cost-effective, and without major investments. They allow for feasibility testing and user requirements.

When a product scales up or needs to comply with EU regulations (which is practically always mandatory when selling a product), something beyond standard enclosures is sometimes required. Consider a combination of requirements such as fire safety, robustness, water tightness, and weather resistance. A custom enclosure then becomes essential. This allows you to not only meet technical requirements but also optimize the design: smarter, more attractive, more user-friendly, and easier to produce – often even at a lower cost.

In this presentation, we'll show inspiring examples of customized housing and operation solutions, and you'll discover why this path offers many advantages – both technically and commercially.

Laurence Venne, DUNC

13:30 – 13:55

Designing contemporary, easy-to-use user interfaces

During this lecture you will gain insight into what is involved in the development of user interfaces for professional electronic products that distinguish themselves in terms of design and functionality.

Topics covered include choosing the right displays and input elements (buttons, touch screens, keyboards, etc.) and how these can be integrated into both custom and off-the-shelf housings, setting up a suitable graphical user interface, and the associated issues.

Jos Oberdorf, NPK

Seminar Controls & Housings

Smart choices in housings and controls