by Tim | 25 May, 2014 | Analysis & Simulation, Mining, Projects, Special Vehicle
Have a need to modify an existing piece of mobile equipment? There’s nothing like having good quality test data – but what if you don’t have access to that? Dynamic analysis of vehicles is useful for understanding the loads that your piece of equipment will need...
by Tim | 25 May, 2014 | Analysis & Simulation, Compliance, Concept Design, Product Specification, Projects, Rail, Testing
A requirement existed, as part of a greater production line, to transport locomotive underframes between assembly stations. Your Engineer implemented a ‘Process-centric’ design approach – focus early on designing the process or task, not the equipment. Understand...
by Tim | 9 May, 2014 | Analysis & Simulation, Compliance, Projects, Rail
A passenger carriage had been previously modified as a special purpose mobile testing laboratory. The modification failed structurally in service. Your Engineer was commissioned to re-engineer the carbody to its original as-build structural state. A finite element...