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That’s just how the production industry is, nearly every piece of equipment I work with has a touchscreen HMI. That is a very poor design choice tho to have the “auto” button right next to the “full temp fuck you” button, it should have been password protected from the start or at the very least on a different screen
Very clean. All the touchscreens are IP67 or better and can be wiped, washed, and sanitized very easily and repeatedly with minimal training. Ours are even pressure washed alongside the rest of the equipment during routine cleaning and maintenance.
Keyboards are more difficult to keep clean, have plastic bits that don’t show up on a safety metal detector on the line, and just in general aren’t needed when the only functions the operator really needs are start and stop.
Yeah having a touchpad controlling any machinery functions is stupid (cars included).
That’s just how the production industry is, nearly every piece of equipment I work with has a touchscreen HMI. That is a very poor design choice tho to have the “auto” button right next to the “full temp fuck you” button, it should have been password protected from the start or at the very least on a different screen
Pretty common for HMIs in a factory, in my experience. Keyboards are dirty and difficult to keep clean.
How clean are the touchscreens on a scale of “factory new” to “toddler grime”?
Very clean. All the touchscreens are IP67 or better and can be wiped, washed, and sanitized very easily and repeatedly with minimal training. Ours are even pressure washed alongside the rest of the equipment during routine cleaning and maintenance.
Keyboards are more difficult to keep clean, have plastic bits that don’t show up on a safety metal detector on the line, and just in general aren’t needed when the only functions the operator really needs are start and stop.