Three Monitor Desk

The desk is an all-in-one solution with three monitors, two speakers, and a webcam that links to a customer's laptop. On the underside of the desk is an eGPU or a thunderbolt dock, which depends on the customer's choice at purchase. This unit is shipped to the customer as an entire unit, with the monitors in a separate cradle.

Challenges

The unit was made before I joined the team, and as such, I had to address design post-production. I had to address a monitor arm shaking issue, where the arm wasn't not fully supporting the monitors. There was also a need to develop kits to change the docks and eGPU when they were out in the fields. The library was also a mess and required organizing.

Solutions

 The monitor arm was addressed by strengthening the weakest point at the point the arm links to the frame, and a kit was designed to fix these issues on units already at the customer's site. The Kits were redesigned so they could disconnect quickly with four screws and replaced with another plate with the new dock/eGPU; these can be sent out to the customer to replace their current dock/eGPU. The library was organized with a BOM that tracks revision and manufacturers. 

Man Kit Cheung - Mechanical Engineer