The MSK VARIA cabin was designed in collaboration with LINK Design and Development Oy. It is an excellent example of integrated development, bringing together technology, usability, ergonomics, manufacturability, visual design, customer needs and new business opportunities in one seamless solution—a true design thinking project from start to finish.
Europe’s Leading Manufacturer of Smart Cabins
By developing its own cabin, MSK Cabins is strengthening its position as a pioneer in cabin technology. The new product opens access to new customer segments and creates opportunities for business and export growth. For machinery manufacturers operating at low to medium production volumes, MSK VARIA supports higher end-user productivity through a well-designed, functional and ergonomic product solution.
Mass-Customizable and Cost-Effective Solution
MSK VARIA’s unique modular frame enables cost-effective series production and mass customization for varying customer needs and machine dimensions. Both the interior and exterior can be adapted flexibly to specific customer requirements.
Modular product architecture and manufacturability guided the design of both the cabin and its production tooling, as well as the selection of manufacturing technologies. Modularity enables customer-specific variation while keeping costs under control. Each cabin is manufactured to order with the required equipment and, where needed, in the customer’s brand colors. All variants and equipment levels are produced using MSK Cabins’ flexible series-production concept, combining high product variation with assembly-line manufacturing.
This concept gives low-volume customers access to the cost efficiency of series production, the consistent quality enabled by robotic welding and short delivery times. The design also takes the entire supply chain into account, right through to the end customer: seven cabins fit efficiently into a 40-foot shipping container.
What We Did
- Product Development
- Ideation and Concept Development
- Industrial Design
- Ergonomic Design
- Visualizations