ELECTRICAL ENGINEERING
Sennebogen machines and when
introducing completely new
machine functions.
No pain, no gain
Sennebogen saves time in every
single engineering project. is is
true for electrical as well as for
hydraulic engineering. It has to be
added, though, that the huge
advantages of con guring rather
than sketching and designing are
not granted without a precise
restructuring of the engineering
date, e.g. in terms of creating
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modules and macros and creating
‘rich’ les of each component used.
is is con rmed by Jens
Brinkmann, CEO of BEB Solutions
in Germany. His company provides
manufacturers of mobile machines
with solutions for automating their
PRACTICAL ADVICE
FOR HARNESS DESIGN
The harness as the ‘nerve strand’ of the
electrical system requires attention because
its design has impact on the reliability and
also on the cost of the machine.
Daniel Moser of Moser-Fahrzeugtechnik has
more that 30 years of experience in harness
design – and some useful advice for iVT
readers: “We recommend to use braiding
technology for outdoor cable protection. This
offers the qualitative advantage that the wires
cannot chafe on cable protections like
corrugated tubes. Furthermore, when water or
moisture penetrates, it dries out again in the
braided fabric, whereas in the case of
corrugated tubes or insulation hoses it
remains there.”
From the production side, braiding also has
its advantages: “During development and
production, the contact material can already
be machine-attached or crimped to both wire
ends and laid on the laying board from source
to destination. This saves enormous amounts
of time in production and therefore money.”
Colleagues in the purchase department will
be happy too.
Moser’s fi nal word of advice concerns the
selection of electrical components: “I
recommend using materials that have been
developed by automotive and commercial
vehicle manufacturers. They have proven
themselves millions of times in large-scale
production.” Apart from that, he attaches great
importance to the design and ergonomics of
the man-machine interface and the
service-friendliness of the central
electrical system.
“BY MAPPING THE COMPLETE MECHATRONIC SYSTEM
WITH THE FLUID AND ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS,
A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT IDENTIFICATION OF
EQUIPMENT IS MADE POSSIBLE”
Jens Brinkmann, CEO, BEB Solutions
ABOVE: Braiding of
harness systems has some
advantages in comparison
to other kinds of protection
RIGHT: With a direct
connection to the ECAD
system, mechanical
processing in cabinets can
be facilitated
machines, integrating the engine,
the hydraulic functions and the
hardware and so ware of the
electrical equipment.
Brinkmann points out the
importance of improving the quality
of the technical documentation:
“ is is necessary because the
complexity of the machines´
mechatronic systems is constantly
increasing. By mapping the
complete mechatronic system with
the uid and electrical components,
a clear and consistent identi cation
of equipment is made possible.”
/iVTInternational.com