SF18 Surface Piercing Drive Unit Client: Seafury International Ltd Category: Mechanical Analysis Background Seafury International Ltd produces a range of surface piercing drives and propellers for the marine industry, and have been involved in some extensive development of their drive units. These units have the top half of the propeller exposed during planing, compared to…
Nimrod 6-8T Tilt Hitch Client: Nimrod Engineering Ltd Category: Mechanical Analysis and Mechanical Design Background Nimrod Engineering Ltd is a steel fabrication company specialising in the design, maintenance and repair of earthmoving attachments, including hitches and buckets. The development of a 6-8 tonne tilt hitch scaled from a 12 tonne model was experiencing problems in…
Nimrod 20T Quick Hitch Client: Nimrod Engineering Ltd Category: Mechanical Analysis & Mechanical Design Background Nimrod Engineering Ltd supplies quick hitches for use with a variety of excavators, with a range of pin centres and dipper widths. To reduce the modification and fabrication time needed to fit each different size, a new quick hitch design…
P11 Bogie Engineering, Design & Analysis Client: Camco Category: Mechanical Analysis Background Late in 2009 KiwiRail commissioned Motovated to engineer a bogie in support of their new Tranz Scenic rail cars. These rail cars were due to be delivered in early 2011 and were to be a significant step forward in terms of ride quality…
CAMCO Industries partnered with Motovated to use FEA-driven design changes to dramatically improve the fatigue life of their deck mounting system.
Antarctica NZ Traverse Living Module Client: Molasses Licker Category: xxx Background Antarctica New Zealand (AntNZ), in conjunction with The Composite Group engaged Motovated to develop a living module for Antarctica. The concept was to use a pre-existing 8m x 3m x 2.5m swimming pool mould to create a double skinned fiberglass enclosure, insulated with100mm urethane…
Molasses Licker Client: Molasses Licker Category: Product Design and Mechanical Analysis Background Cattle feed company 4 Seasons Molasses approached Skellerup Rotomould to develop and manufacture their concept for a new molasses dispenser. Molasses is used to supplement the diet of cattle to improve digestion, and as an additional source of nutrients. Intake needs to be…
EcoCentral Glass Pulverising Plant Client: NZ Express Transport Christchurch Limited Category: Design and Certification Background EcoCentral commissioned Motovated Design & Analysis to redevelop their glass pulverising plant that was a key component of the company’s Materials Recovery Facility. There were three main issues with the existing plant: The hopper suffered from jamming, requiring direct human…
A linear static Finite Element Analysis (FEA) was performed to evaluate the lifting capacity of the extension.
Vestner approached Motovated to design a scalable outdoor lift completely from scratch.
