Epec Control System Provides an Outstanding User Experience for

With a control system from Epec, Norwegian Orkel AS highlights their excellence as a compactor
manufacturer. The control units and touch screens in Orkel’s new compactors – the Dens-X for
the agricultural sector and the Hi-X for the industrial sector – give the client a wide selection of
pre-installed programs and an easy to use user interface that overcomes language barriers. The
new system does not require machine-specific knowledge for entering settings, but the right
settings are defined with the graphical user interface based on the materials to be baled.
Epec Control System Provides an
Outstanding User Experience for
Orkel Compactors
with a Clear and Easy to Use User Interface
– Because of the control system, the
machine’s operator can control and adjust
all functions of the compactor – feeding,
compacting and wrapping the material.
The operator can create customized
settings in addition to the pre-defined
programs that are set up at the factory.
E.g. the operator may store one set of
settings for baling a wet material, and
another one for the dry material.
The compactor is efficient and the
operator spends less time in preparing
the machine for work at each new work
location. Instead of the time consuming
preparation stage, the machine’s settings
are already optimized, describes Raine
Röyskö from Epec.
Epec units used in the Dens-X
Compactor:
•
Epec 3724 Control Unit
•
Epec 6107 Display Unit
Capacity for
a remote connection
and camera feed from
inside the machine
A new user interface brings a lot of new
functionalities to the Orkel compactor
Connected to control units
with CAN bus
Quick to use, intuitive control icons that
overcome language barriers
Resistive touch screen, good usability
and flexible user interface design
Bright display panel (800 nits) and wide
viewing angle = good readability in sunlight
and from multiple operating positions
Preparing of the compactor:
3 min
Editing parameters and settings,
as well as initializing the process
Several programs as factory
presets for different materials,
a possibility to make own
adjustments and save them as
custom baling programs
Possibility to control single movements in,
for example, fault situations
Sensor data for the follow-up of sequence
statuses and fault diagnostics
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Epec Oy • Tel. (+358) 020 760 8111 • sales@epec.fi • www.epec.fi
For the user, the new control system
materializes as a high quality and
efficient Epec 6107 Display Unit with
touch screen. Using the display is simple
due to easy to read icons and an intuitive
parameter layout. The screen readability
stays good due to the backlight, even in
direct sunlight. Also, because of a wide
viewing angle, the user sees currently
active functions while moving around the
machine and looking at the screen from
different angles.
Catalyst for cooperation
was the open programmability
and solutions designed for
challenging conditions
Through open programmability, Orkel is
able to implement the system
development with Agile methods and
maintain the system according to their
clients’ needs.
– We like to offer our clients tailored
solutions and develop our machines’
control system to fit every special need.
Epec’s flexible overall solution and
software allows us to further develop the
control system our self and provide even
better usability and performance. Lastly,
our new compactors are used in
conditions where dirt, dust and small
metal particles are daily life. Epec’s
control systems suit the machines
superbly, because they can withstand
the most demanding operating
environments, Skråstad applauds the
cooperation.
”
The icons on the screen
open up completely new
business opportunities for
us, because the symbols
and pictures overcome
all language barriers. For
our clients, the new user
interface creates considerable cost savings
due to lesser training
needs and fewer potential
operator errors.”
– Halvor Skråstad, Orkel AS
”
Epec´s MultiTool and
application libraries
makes it considerably easier to develop
CODESYS-based control
systems. At Orkel, these
have been embraced
quickly and they give the
company a remarkable
competitive advantage in
the markets, where it is
essential to react quickly
and flexibly to customer
needs.”
– Raine Röyskö, Epec Oy
Orkel presented their
new Dens-X Compactor
with cutting edge
baling technology at
the Agritechnica fair in
Hannover.
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Epec Oy • Tel. (+358) 020 760 8111 • sales@epec.fi • www.epec.fi