nick205
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| posted on 21/10/16 at 08:35 AM |
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Strong VESA mounts
Morning all,
One of the things we manufacture at work are medical trolleys. Usually these need to be fitted with tablet type devices. Currently we purchase
friction held VESA mounts as the trolley users may be different heights. However the friction element fails over time and users complain that the
tablet starts to droop.
Question - can anyone recommend a mount that is strong perhaps with preset angles?
Budget is £40-50 per bracket and we're OK buying outside the UK too.
Thanks,
Nick
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r1_pete
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| posted on 21/10/16 at 08:56 AM |
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Couldn't you come up with a mod for the mount which used a hand wheel to tighten the mount in a given position?
The way such things get treated a friction mount is bound to fail over time, downside of a hand wheel is some gorilla over tightening it I guess....
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nick205
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| posted on 21/10/16 at 09:13 AM |
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Thanks.
We've looked at various mods to what we've used (and seen), but with "infection control" in mind such mods are frowned upon by
the NHS trusts. We're currently prototyping our own design of mount, but to tool it would be expensive even if it works. The overriding
feeling I have is that there must be something out there already, but we can't seem to find it!
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HowardB
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| posted on 21/10/16 at 09:22 AM |
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Nick,
Nylacast have supplied a range of components into the medical industry. these items are machined so low volume can be very cost effective. let me know
if I can help.
Howard
Fisher Fury was 2000 Zetec - now a 1600 (it Lives again  and goes zoom)
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nick205
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| posted on 21/10/16 at 09:46 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by HowardB
Nick,
Nylacast have supplied a range of components into the medical industry. these items are machined so low volume can be very cost effective. let me know
if I can help.
Hi Howard,
Sounds interesting - I've dropped you a U2U.
Thanks,
Nick
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r1_pete
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| posted on 21/10/16 at 09:49 AM |
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How about something along the lines of those springy woodpecker toys U Tube Link
Just use the pole and block, the weight of the tablet would 'cockle' the block and hold it in any position, quite easy to prototype and
test too....
P.S. Yep I'm bored on a lousy conf call
[Edited on 21/10/16 by r1_pete]
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nick205
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| posted on 21/10/16 at 10:21 AM |
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I know the pain of a conference call - 2 hours yesterday with our phone on mute so the other end didn't hear us groaning (snoring).
I've seen the woodpecker toy before and it is a nifty (simple) thing. Unfortunately for our purposes the tablet height is fixed, but we need
the angle to be adjustable to cater for different height users wanting to adjust the viewing angle of it.
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loggyboy
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| posted on 21/10/16 at 09:17 PM |
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Any pictures for reference?
Mistral Motorsport
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gttztt
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| posted on 22/10/16 at 11:56 AM |
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Nick. Have a look at Ergomounts - just up the road in Aldershot. They do a wide range of mounts and are the manufacturers too.
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nick205
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| posted on 24/10/16 at 11:29 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by gttztt
Nick. Have a look at Ergomounts - just up the road in Aldershot. They do a wide range of mounts and are the manufacturers too.
Funnily enough I've known Ergomounts for some time. The issue we face is cost - we must have a low cost solution to avoid impacting our product
sale prices.
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nick205
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| posted on 24/10/16 at 11:36 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by loggyboy
Any pictures for reference?
This is the type of fitting we've used. The issue is you can tighten the joint to get the friction right, but use brings it loose and users
find the tablet starts to droop.
 
VESA mount
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