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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
JUNE
2016
The complex
MADE SIMPLE
ROADS AND BRIDGES
At Hamm, the implementation of
this knowledge has ranked among
the key aspects of product design
for decades. It is against this back-
ground that highly user-friendly rollers have
been developed at Hamm since the 1990s.
Hamm has now developed Easy Drive for the
current machine generation.
This new operating concept for all model
series enables intuitive operation and offers
ergonomically optimal operator platforms.
Hamm already received the iF Design Award
for it at the beginning of 2015. Now the Easy
Drive operating concept has again been
accoladed for outstanding design, and twice
over no less: as the Universal Design expert
favorite 2016 and as the Universal Design
consumer favorite 2016.
Modern construction machines contain
countless processors, SIM cards and other
high-tech components – all in all, they are
complex tools with which the operators have
to solve ever more challenging tasks. In order
to achieve this, an intelligent, clearly struc-
tured operating concept is needed.
Minimising complexity
The Universal Design competition is devoted
to this particular topic. It seeks out products
whose form and handling matches the needs
of the widest possible circle of users. Here,
complexity is to be reduced to a minimum.
Last but not least, the products should be as
error-tolerant as possible, well-designed and
long-lasting.
Targeted development towards
a successful design
Products meeting these requirements do not
come about by chance. Rather, they are the
subject of an extensive design process that
adopts an integrated approach to solving
the tasks. Hamm has done exactly that and
considered the operating concept as a key
component of the complex construction
machines. The development requirements
were minimum learning and familiarisation
times, clearly laid-out operating units, intu-
itive operation – across all model series and
all rollers.
Integrated development
process
In order to achieve these targets, Hamm has
integrated personnel from design, sales,
product management, service, production,
marketing, controlling and procurement in
the development process. They were comple-
mented by specialists in working methods,
ergonomics and design. Working as a team,
they have developed a scientifically based,
machine-independent basic operating struc-
ture in the form of Easy Drive. It is modular in
Good design – what does that mean in terms of a
construction machine? For example, can the operator
effortlessly understand all the functions and operate the
machine intuitively? Good design also means structuring
it in such a way as to prevent operating errors.
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Easy Drive means that all rollers have the same colours for the same function groups and there is a
common design, adapted to the specific functions of the series. Here, the operating elements for the
same functions are always in the same position on the operator’s platform.
design and will function on both the current
and forthcoming rollers.
Easy to operate and
ergonomically unrivalled
The latest findings in the area of ergonomics
were incorporated in the development.
Working with specialists, Hamm has for
example defined the sizes, positions and
adjustment ranges for seats, arm rests,
steering wheel, dashboard and mirror and
adapted them to the different machine types.
Thanks to the wealth of adjustment options,
drivers will quickly find a healthy sitting
position in the Easy Drive machines. From
there, they can operate the rollers intuitively,
so that they can respond quickly and correctly
in every situation even without extensive
previous knowledge.
Design award from experts
and users
At the beginning of 2015, Hamm received
the globally coveted iF Design Award for
the Easy Drive operating concept. Next, the
operating concept was also exceptionally
well-received by the jurors of the Universal
Design competition.
On this occasion, Easy Drive even
received two awards: on the one hand, the
‘Universal Design expert favorite 2016’ prize,
awarded by a jury of experts, and on the
other, the ‘Universal Design consumer favorite
2016’ prize, awarded by a 50-strong user jury.
Available since 2015
If you would like to experience Easy Drive for
yourself, you can do so because the operating
concept has been available on the DV+ series
tandem rollers since 2015 and is highly rated
by users. Since the beginning of 2016 it is also
being gradually integrated in the HD+ series
tandem rollers and the H series compactors.