Mechanical Design
Our mechanical design experience of stress analysis often supports customers in understanding how assemblies or components are constrained and loaded, and the implications this might have for improving the design.
Mechanical Design - Frontend Engineering
Application areas familiar to us include space frame optimisation, high speed machines and flywheels, and many more . Effective mechanical design is also crucial where electromagnetic forces are extreme, for example in superconducting magnets and pulse discharge magnetising tools.
Effective mechanical design can enable:
- Use of lower cost materials
- Improved strength or rigidity
- Improved reliability
Mechanical Design Projects
Motor and Actuator Control
Best Solution can supply transfer function, block diagram representation, or complete detailed control system designs for motors or actuators. We can also advise on control
Actuators
Best Solution has experience in the design and modelling of a wide range of electromagnetic actuators including linear actuators, torque motors, optical scanning motors, a.c.
Thermal Imaging Actuator
Our mechanical design services enabled Best Solution to design a high-performance scanning actuator for a military thermal imaging application. The actuator was capable of very
Subsea Equipment Capsules
A very straightforward finite element model enabled the wall thicknesses and internal radii of an electronics enclosure to be determined for a deep-sea monitoring application.
Magnetic Linkages
Magnetic linkages are often designed into equipment where it is desirable to separate different sections of the same mechanism. This could be required for a
Stresses in Corrosion Monitoring Housing
The photograph here shows the housing for an oil pipeline corrosion monitoring spool. The housing profile was adjusted for minimum stress using a parametric finite
Production Engineering
Many permanent magnet materials exist today, with the most common being ceramic or ferrite materials, where reasonable performance at very low cost is required. Other
Rotating Machines
Our finite element based techniques can provide invaluable support to designers of rotating machines, including the following tasks: Flux plots showing leakage, saturation and local
Heat Exchangers
High thermal stresses can occur either as a result of temperature change in assemblies of materials of different expansion rates, or the kind of large
Pump Couplings
Magnetic rotary couplings are often used by pump manufacturers to isolate a motor from the pump components. The isolation of these components might be desirable
Magnetising Fixtures
In order to magnetise modern rare-earth magnets, large magnetic fields are required. The fields required are large enough to present some significant challenges to the
Lay Barge Pipeline Stresses
Sub-sea oil and gas pipelines are often fabricated and laid from a vessel known as a lay barge. In order to minimise the bending stresses
Eddy Current Brakes
Best Solution can make accurate performance predictions for those designing or developing eddy current brakes. The mechanical design methods we use are largely finite element
High Speed Electric Motors
Both electromagnetic and mechanical finite element modelling are powerful tools for designers of electric machines. For high-speed applications, some examples of the areas where Best
Space Frames
Analytical and finite element methods are used in assisting our customers in the design of space frame type structures. Loads can include inertial, magnetic, pressure
Mechanical Design - Our Capabilities
Magnetic Field Simulation
Our magnetic field simulation experience includes 2d and 3d magnetic and electric field modelling, including static, time-harmonic, and transient problems. We have applied the full
Magnetic Design
Simulation and analysis is one aspect of our work, but this often is undertaken in conjunction with some more front-end design work. This is where
Mechanical Design
Our mechanical design experience of stress analysis often supports customers in understanding how assemblies or components are constrained and loaded, and the implications this might
Concepts and Ideas
Finding elegant engineering solutions very early in the product life cycle maximises return on the investment in the development stages of a new product. Frontend
Mechanical Design - Industry Sectors
Industrial Engineering Design Consultants
Our work for customers in this sector often relates to processes as well as products. From simulation of separation magnets to the development of production
Science and Medical Engineering Design Consultants
Best Solution has worked with customers in the medical equipment sector, with interests ranging from diabetes care to Magnetic Resonance Imaging. Other work has been
Drives and Sensors Engineering Design Consultants
Our customers in this sector are often providing specialised motors or sensors to a range of demanding applications, where size, mass, cost and environment requirements
Aerospace and Defence Engineering Design Consultants
We have supported customers in the development of product for both military and commercial aerospace and defence equipment. Our customers range from small OEM suppliers
Energy Engineering Design Consultants
Projects in the energy sector have supported customers manufacturing grid infrastructure equipment as well as oil and gas exploration and production. Our work has included
Superconducting Magnets Engineering Design Consultants
Best Solution’s experience has included many of the applications where superconductivity has been exploited. Our customers include world leaders in this specialised and highly demanding
Engineering Design Consultants
Finite Element Analysis FEA
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Engineering Design Company - Latest Projects
Best Solution can make accurate performance predictions for those designing or developing eddy current brakes.
Best Solution’s customer, Oxford Instruments are world leaders in the design and manufacture of special
Our mechanical design services enabled Best Solution to design a high-performance scanning actuator for a
Magnetic shield and screen design can be a challenging area. Magnetic shields are made from
The Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer (AMS) is the second such particle physics experiment to be launched
Many permanent magnet materials exist today, with the most common being ceramic or ferrite materials,
Sub-sea oil and gas pipelines are often fabricated and laid from a vessel known as
Many permanent magnet materials exist today, with the most common being ceramic or ferrite materials,
High thermal stresses can occur either as a result of temperature change in assemblies of
Best Solution has assisted in the development of a variety of sensors employing magnetic effects
Best Solution uses a range of software tools to provide our customers with support in
Induction heating processes are commonly used to harden, anneal and bond metals. Induction processes are
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We enjoy helping our customers with an increasingly broad spectrum of modelling tasks. These continue to present new challenges, and have helped us to build an experienced team and a powerful set of simulation techniques.