Integrating a monitor arm to your custom medical cart design does take a lot of reflection and predetermination.
You have to ask yourself a lot of questions:
- How many monitors do you wish to mount?
- How big is the monitor?
- How much does it weigh?
- What kind of range of motion will your monitor arm need?
We determine most of this early with the Medical Cart Project Scoping Document during the discovery meeting. When identifying the requirements of a monitor arm, don’t overlook the fact that the monitor arm needs to be retained in a safe location when it’s being moved from place to place
Monitor Arm Retainment
There’s a pretty good chance your monitor arm will want to float if nothing is securing it while in transport. So, if monitor arm retainment remains unaddressed, you risk damaging the monitors, its surroundings and the people around you and it may even over balance.
Here are a few simple solutions to for monitor arm retainment:
- Design a clip
- Velcro strap
- Magnet
- Bracket
- Pin brake
- Latch snap
Standard Monitor Arms
Don’t reinvent the wheel if you don’t have to. Sometimes using an off-the-shelf monitor arm may be in your best interest. Standard monitor arms have already gone through the necessary revisions for efficiency, so that’s less time you have to spend on engineering, prototyping and production revisions. Off-the-shelf monitor arms have also gone through cycle testing, so you won’t have to worry about unwanted noises caused by material incompatibilities or unforeseen wear and tear.
HUI regularly works with well-trusted monitor arm company, Ergonmart, which has the capability to customize their standard designs for specific customer needs.
Do you have a custom medical cart project with monitor arm needs in mind? Contact us today to get your project underway.