Engineering Design & Prototyping

Plastic Track	Project - designing a plastic walkway for people and a plastic roadway for vehicles RP methods - SLA, SLS *TCT highlights -* the plastic walkway was created as an SLA model for the purpose of creating a dozen PU prototypes from a silicon 'soft' tool. The meshing panels and lock (see photo) were prototyped as a one-off using SLS nylon to best simulate the actual material properties.
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	Computer Hub	Project - concept design for interactive management of a large computer hub RP method - SLA, CNC Milling, Electronics TCT highlights - the pull out display (see photo) was made up of six parts plus a pcb. All mechanical parts were protolayed in SLA. The base was prototyped from an Aluminium block and a one-off flexi-circuit board was manufactured to create a fully working l.e.d display.
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Sheetmetal	Project - design, for manufacture, of various sheetmetal components RP method - CNC punching, Forming, Bending, Heat Treatment, Welding & Painting *TCT highlights -* all designs, whether in 2D or 3D CAD formats were converted into Pro/SHEETMETAL for automated & accurate developments. CNC equipment plus traditional 'fast track' methods were used to reduce manufacturing time for small quantities of prototype parts.