Projects

Hydraulic Sweeper Attachment:
Brush Hydraulic swweper attachment to fit a Kabuto tractor for manufacture and use in a hire fleet. Self balancing head to minimise brush wear with lift and tilt functionality.
Designed for ease and speed of assembly.
To see more visit Allways-hire.

Mid Mount Grading Attachment:
A medium sized grader attachment with tilt, lift, side shift and crowding. Designed for use on small to medium sized worksites enabling smaller contractors to complete work indepently of larger machine operators.
Design considerations for this unit were strict with the tilt angle requiring the front axles to be moved forward, complete weight was also a demanding criteria with the finished product needing to be trailerable.
To see more visit Allways-hire

Sergical Implants, Veterinary:
Design and consultation with a leading veterinarry hospital for the design and supply of implants to fuse the L7 verterbae to the Lumbar Sacral. Used commercially by vets in NZ, primarily used to extend the service life of proffesional animals. The design requires the placement of screws around the spinal canal. The implant body is then completed and the bone structure for the dog removed for precise fit. Complex surface modelling and mesh work is reqired to ensure that the printed implant will fit. The same basic process is also used for bone replacement mesh where bone has had to be removed.

Conveyor hanging frames:
A set of custom measured frames to allow a product transfer conveyor to be run 20.0m overhead. Site measure and design for installation during a factory shutdown.

450mm Duct expansions:
A set of five new 450mm ducts to allow a factory to expand production through a piece of machinary.

Depanner:
Moveable production machine that allows a baking tray to be inverted and product removed while minimizing operator effort and ensuring safe handling of delicate product. Adjustable in function to handle a variety of depanning operations.

Pneumatic hand cutting tool:
Hand held pneumatic cutting/trimming tool designed to be used in the propogation of plants in nurseries. Complete design through to prototype testing and validation.

Process tank - 3,000l:
Worksafe compliant process tank for non continuous chemical mixing and handling. Design and manufacturing drawings as well as supervision of all worksafe and certification requirements.

Boa Mobile repair pod:
Vehicle towable trailer repair pod for use in the hydraulic hose repair industry. Development and ongoing manufacturing support with drawing management and continual improvements to enhance the product.
To see more visit Boa Hydraulics.

Diversion conveyor:
Infeed and outfeed conveyors used on an existing product line that inserts an additional process requirement on this line.

Bowl Saver Max4:
Refresh of a product that is a core offering for a supplier of woodturning tools, jigs and fixtures.
To see more visit Woodcut-tools.