The design of the new Leica MCP80 3D machine control unit & docking station of the Leica MDS series is user-friendly and customer-oriented – and now also award-winning: this year industrialpartners received an award from the European Product Design Awards in the “Professional” category.
In combination with the Leica MDS intelligent docking station, the Leica MCP80 machine control unit is the all-round hardware solution for machine control of construction machinery in building construction and civil engineering. All software-based 3D machine control solutions are compatible with the MCP80 control unit.
The MCP80 has a common interface for all 3D machine control applications, i.e. it can be exchanged back and forth between all heavy construction machines. This means that construction machine drivers only need to be trained on one 3D control unit.
Machine-specific data is stored in the docking station. Machine data is not lost if the unit is used on another machine.
The housing of the Leica MCP80 control unit is designed for harsh environmental conditions and is therefore extremely robust. The 8-inch full-colour touchscreen and the backlit buttons are optimized for the best, glare-free display quality. All cable connections are mounted on the Leica MDS docking station – the MCP80 control unit is therefore completely wireless. The housing is dust and waterproof, certified to protection class IP66 and IP67.
industrialpartners was responsible for the product design and article construction of the housing parts of the control unit and the docking station for LEICA Geosystems.
The European Product Design Award for the Leica MCP80 proves that efficiency, increased productivity and performance are one side of the coin. But it is only when enthusiastic, talented designers give intelligent products a convincing and ergonomically well thought-out design with their strategic creations that they produce innovations that really make life easier for users.