The market is placing new demands on Conhoist. This requires new tests of the system to make sure we can meet them.
Conhoist has hit the market. Before that, of course, we created failure mode and effect analytics, loaded diagrams, wrote a manual, etc.
Now that the system is in the hands of the users, new needs, usage scenarios, and wishes arise, which places new demands on both the system and the documentation. Most recently, we had to be able to deliver 20 metres of span on the bridge/crossbeam and still lift 800 kg.
We are constantly being challenged on that part. That’s why we have now initiated new maximum tests, where we are continually expanding the length and load (and luckily, we have a great test setup at our neighbour’s, which we previously wrote about).
Documentation is key
Documentation is probably not the first thing you think of when you’re inventing something. But it’s a crucial part of developing an advanced system like Conhoist if it is to play a central role on construction sites.
That’s why Conhoist is now being tested again in many new scenarios – both static and dynamic. In practical terms, this means that we spend entire days moving scaffolding around, assembling the bridge, loading and unloading again: Many, many hours of systematic work.
And the very best part: When we later launch a new product version that can lift even more, we have to do it all over again.