Punch Force Calculator for TRUMPF Machines

Information

Region:: Worldwide
Industry:: Manufacturing
Type:: Mobile
Engagement model:: Fixed cost
Duration:: 1 month
Staff:: 1 developer
ID:: 420

Technologies used

Front-end
Angular JS
Apache Cordova
HTML

Requirements

The task of Elinext was to develop an application for different platforms to make punching calculation simpler and easier to use for end customers.

Challenge

To create a robust, simple application that is run on most of the existing desktop/mobile OSs. It should allow easily switch from metric to imperial units of measure and vice versa, download brochures for offline reading, and support the following languages: German, English, French, Italian, Spanish, Czech, and Chinese.

The other challenge is due to many complex calculations, there should be a strong separation between the logic layer and the presentation layer, for maintenance and support.

Solution

To meet multiplatform requirements Apache Cordova was used. It allows creating a native application using HTML, CSS, JavaScript, device-specific operations are done using plugins. To separate logic and UI, it was decided to use AngularJS.

Results

Elinext created a very useful application that is not limited to two mobile platforms – iPhone OS and Android OS but can be used as a website too.

The Punch Guide app puts the most important parameters at the fingertips of work schedulers, engineers, and operators. The following calculations are available with Punch Guide: