Productdesign
Rombit - Charging Rack
For Rombit, Caden developed a charger rack to efficiently charge their safety wearables.
Rombit, the manufacturer of the smart safety wristbands Romware, approached us to develop a charging solution for their wearables. Currently, each employee is responsible for charging their own wearable. In some companies, employees take their wearables home, while in others, they are charged on-site. This sometimes leads to chaotic setups with tables covered in 100 wearables plugged into various power strips.
Our solution was a Charging Rack: a modular sliding system that fits into standardized 19-inch racks. The end customer orders the number of drawers needed to charge all the wearables in the company and the necessary racks to house these drawers. Each drawer functions as a standalone charging system for 30 wearables.
The design
During the design process, various configurations were tested to find the most efficient way to place the wearables in the drawer. Some concepts were partially 3D-printed to ensure they fit within the drawers and did not interfere with any other components. It was ultimately determined that 30 wearables was the ideal number, considering the dimensions of the drawer and the space needed for all electronic components, such as a power supply, wiring, and circuit boards.
Prototypes
After an initial rough prototype, 5 drawers were completed as a beta version. One of these drawers was sent to a certification agency, while the others were distributed to various companies worldwide for testing. Based on the feedback from both Rombit and their customers, a redesign was carried out. Following this redesign, a first production batch of 50 units was manufactured.
