Recently，Gary, Director of Industrial Design of Guangxi Liugong Machinery Co., Ltd.•Edmond•Major won the title of Guangxi in 2022“Golden Hydrangea Friendship Award”，He became the third Liugong employee to win the award.。Guangxi“Golden Hydrangea Friendship Award”It is an award set up by the People's Government of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region to commend and reward foreign experts and friendly personages who have made outstanding contributions to the economic construction and social development of Guangxi.，The recognition cycle is once every two years.。
Gary is from England，Joined Liugong in 2011，Serve as Director of Industrial Design。Before joining Engineer Liu，He has worked in the world's leading construction machinery enterprises.，It has rich experience in industrial design and deep influence in the industry.。At that time, the development of industrial design in China was still in its infancy.，Liugong has not yet formed a systematic industrial design system.，What made this British guy travel so far?？
Reach for the highest good，Help Liugong Industrial Design Take off
Industrial design is the source of industrial chain innovation chain.。Translate new technologies into new products that better meet customer needs and field applications，At the same time, improve and enhance the quality of existing products in an all-round way.，Is the charm of industrial design.。
2011，In order to change the relatively weak status quo in industrial design.，Enhancing the Strategic Conception of Industrial Design in Product Development、Coordinated development between product lines，Liugong decided to set up an industrial design center。David, then Vice President of Research and Development of Liugong·Bi Tongbao has made great efforts in many ways.，Lock your eyes on Gary, who has outstanding professional abilities.。Liugong's strict control of product quality and persistent pursuit of innovation touched Gary.，He decided to accept the olive branch from Engineer Liu.。2012，Liugong formally established the European Industrial Design Center in the UK.。
After joining Engineer Liu，Gehry plays a big role in industrial design.。In order to solve the problem that engineers cannot preliminarily view the appearance effect of the equipment,，Gary put forward.“Virtual prototype”A solution for，That is, through professional design modeling software，Industrial designers can build virtual prototypes in a computer in a relatively short time，Used for preliminary appearance review，It can also modify the virtual prototype in real time according to the new design.，Save time and effort。
In addition，Gehry and the team also created sketches from hand drawings.、A complete and rigorous design process of construction machinery from 3D surface modeling to virtual prototyping，The products of each product line of Liugong have formed a consistent family image.，Greatly enhance the market competitiveness of Liugong products.。
Since 2011，Gehry led the industrial design team to complete the loader.、Excavator、Motor Grader、Overall appearance and cab interior of forklift and other products、Product label beautification design。The new generation of loaders designed by him and his team has a stable appearance.，Embody the industrial beauty of the new era everywhere。
Customer first，See kungfu in detail
Behind the honor，It is inseparable from R & D personnel like Gary who always listen to customers.。As Director of Industrial Design，Gary has always kept Engineer Liu's core values in mind.，Insist on customer first，Creative customer problem solving。2013，During a visit，There is user feedback“I hope I can see the operation of the blade on the ground without turning sideways.”。Therefore，Optimization of cab vision becomes Liugong 4180DResearch and development focus of motor Grader。How to achieve optimal visibility while ensuring adequate strength of the roll cage, the main structure of the cab，Gehry led the team to pioneer the five-column cab structure.，After several times of optimization, it has successfully passed the anti-rollover safety certification.。2019，The appearance is beautiful、Have 360°Engineer Liu with omni-directional vision 4180DMotor Grader wins Red Dot Product Design Award，This is the first time that Liugong and even China's construction equipment industry have won this honor.。
The same goes for the idea of always listening to your customers.TD-16NShining sparks in the Bulldozer project。2014，TD-16NThe Bulldozer is being designed and developed。“When getting out of the cab，It is easy to fall on the track covered with mud.,At the same time, when driving, in order to observe the two ends of the shovel, the neck is constantly rotated.，It is easy to cause cervical vertebra occupational disease for a long time.，This is a common problem in the Bulldozer industry.。”The customer hopes to see change in Engineer Liu.。Gehry and Edward, then technical director, led the team from the boarding path.、Cab structure、Make a comprehensive analysis of the vision and construct a conceptual scheme.，Prototype build validation was conducted to demonstrate theoretical and practical consistency。July 2018，TD-16NThe first prototype of bulldozer was launched in Poland.，It has been unanimously praised by the test operators.，And gain praise from customers at the exhibition.。Final，TD-16NThe bulldozer also lived up to expectations and won the Red Dot Award for Engineer Liu again.。
As the digital wave sweeps in，The connotation of industrial design is also expanding.，And artificial intelligence、Industrial Internet is increasingly deeply integrated，It also puts forward higher requirements for designers.。Gehry and his team members will continue to innovate and break through.，Hit the pain point of the industry directly、Close to market demand，Light up with design“Zhi”The beauty of making。
