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    Parker Hannifin

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    Parker Hannifin Has Created a Tool Based on Qt Allowing OEMs to Consolidate a Machine's UIs Into One Single Display.
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    Parker Hannifin

    The vision for starting the project was to reduce the number of displays in the machinery cabin and create an application-based product that would allow their customers to integrate several applications into one display. As the OEM’s are machine builders and machine automation experts, there was a clear requirement for the tool to be simple and easy to work with.

    The Qt Consulting team worked together with Parker Hannifin to develop Parker Application Designer, which includes a graphical editor that lets OEMs layout the user interfaces. It also features functionalities to easily manage communication.

    "The wow-effect was there when you program with QML. It keeps on astonishing with it’s ease-of-use and efficiency. I got that feeling right in the beginning and it has even amplified along the way. QML has provided a solid base for our software."

    Tommi Forsman, Principal Engineer, Parker Hannifin

    Fewer Displays in Machinery Cabins

    Parker Hannifin wanted to create an app-based system for OEM’s to implement mobile machinery cabin displays best suited. Together with The Qt Company, Parker created a software development tool called Parker Application Designer, part of the Parker Pro Display.

    New Ways to Create Value

    Tommi Forsman, Principal Engineer at Parker Hannifin, was looking for new ways to increase customer value and support growth by investigating ways to help their customers build complex HMI software for their mobile machinery cabin.

    Parker UX Platform Project

    Ville Nummela, Software Development Team Leader, managed a complex project including the development of the Parker UX platform running on Parker display devices. They worked together with the Qt Consulting team, using several components from the Qt development framework, such as Boot2Qt and Qt Creator.

    Parker Hannifin

    Parker Hannifin is an American corporation specializing in motion and control technologies. Its corporate headquarters are in Mayfield Heights, Ohio, in Greater Cleveland. The company was founded in 1917 and has been publicly traded on the NYSE since December 9, 1964. The firm is one of the largest companies in the world in motion control technologies, including aerospace, climate control, electromechanical, filtration, fluid and gas handling, hydraulics, pneumatics, process control, and sealing and shielding. Parker employs about 58,000 people globally.

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