Controls for a Family of Deep Fryers

How did Twelve Controllers become Two?

Customer's Challenge

Over the years, many different control systems had emerged for the various families of deep fat fryers. Now, on one hand, these had to be adapted to the new safety standards. On the other hand, the number of variants had to be reduced and the range of functions expanded with a new development.

Outcome

Thanks to a well thought-out family concept, the number of variants could be reduced by a factor of six and the functionality expanded in a modular way, resulting in lower logistics costs and larger, more cost-effective production runs.

The result was a control system with a user-friendly OLED display, which is in production for more than ten years without any new development or significant change.Through clever component selection and error-free programs, the same electronics generate value for our customer over years.

Implementation

The concept was developed in a very elaborate system design phase together with the customer's product management team over a period of four months. The implementation was completed in an interdisciplinary team with industrial designer, the customers construction deparment, Notified Body and product management on time within six months. The customer was not directly involved in the electronics and software development itself.

Customer

The control systems were developed for frifiri, which was then part of the Franke Group. The brand and products were subsequently acquired by Lincat, among others.