Engineering
Meccanica has diverse industry experience and tailors engineering solutions to customer requirements. Engineering services include system definition, conceptual design, critical design, and analysis (both calculated and FEA). Products are designed and developed to applicable Australian and/or international standards.
Industry standard software tools include:
- Onshape for detailed design and customer collaboration,
- SOLIDWORKS for detailed design,
- Edgecam for computer-aided manufacturing,
- Simscale for finite element analysis and computational fluid dynamics,
- Matlab and Simulink for multi-physics simulation, and
- Siemens Step7 for industrial automation.
Meccanica maintains strong integration between the engineering and manufacturing teams to promote direct feedback and deliver cost-effective solutions.
Core engineering capabilities include:
- General product development,
- Research and development,
- Thermal analysis,
- Cryogenic detector systems for astronomy,
- Mass optimised magnesium fixtures for vibration testing,
- Small thermal vacuum systems, and
- Mechanical ground support equipment including custom lifting beams, skids, and turnover fixtures.
