Machine Design

  • Design and detail engine block assembly machine. This machine would orient and install bearing caps, install valve keys, valve springs, retailing caps, and complete several orientation and verification procedures on a new dual overhead cam engine. Design and detail liner load machine. This machine load orient, load, secure, and verify cast iron cylinder liners in an aluminum engine block.
  • Engineer, design, and detail paper cutting machine. This machine was the largest machine to be built by the company. Omega took a smaller design and made it 20% larger. Omega completed all calculations for sizing components. Several areas of the machine were redesign to improve reliability.
  • Concepted, designed and detailed a multi-station assembly machine for the medical industry. The machine assembled the power packs for spring-loaded hypodermic needles.
  • Concept, design and detail automated cam shaft assembly machinery with customers' assistance and previous machine design. Omega designed and detailed new stations to meet higher production runs and tighter tolerances. Two stations involved conceptual design of pick and place mechanisms to load and orient product on a continuous conveyor system.

Mechanical Design

  • Complete engineering, design, and detailing for 600 metric ton capacity ringer attachment. This attachment allowed a current production crane to increase lifting capacity to 600 metric tons at a 40 foot radius on a 125 foot boom. This attachment also allowed smaller loads to be hoisted with a 600 foot boom. Omega completed engineering calculations for the crawler side beam, hydraulic jack pad, front roller carrier assembly, side ring segment, stinger assembly, and counterweight tray assembly. All design and detailing for those substructures and the boom and rigging were completed by Omega.
  • Design, detail and check of open side horizontal machining center with six meters of vertical travel and twenty one meters of horizontal travel. Our work included the bed, saddle, slide and column on the machine frame. We also completed the hydraulic counterbalance for the vertical head travel and the operator lift platform. Detailing on the installation drawings, hose carriers, and waycovers were also completed by Omega. Omega also completed a follow up machine utilizing two columns on one bed.
  • Designed and detailed walkways and stairs for large mining equipment.. The design was based on a previous model, but had to follow new safety regulations and manufacturing requirement of a foreign country.
  • Omega designed, detailed, and assisted in the coordination of the manufacturing of two 100 foot long enclosures for two machining transfer lines. These enclosures were sealed against noise and metal chips yet allowed almost complete access to the part. Portions of Omega's enclosure design have now become standard parts and serve as a prototype for the customer's future transfer lines.

Drafting

  • Single source for all engineering changes, drawing conversions, technical publication drawings for an Aerospace components manufacture. Ongoing effort involving the use of CADAM, ProCADAM, and Unigraphics. Rasterized and manual drawings are also being maintained.
  • Detailed components for new front end loader. Included all structural members, buckets, roll over protection system, engine installation and shrouding, cooling system, and hydraulic piping. Overall assembly drawing for this machine were also completed by Omega.
  • Various detailing projects utilizing AutoCAD, CADAM, Cadra, CCDraft, ProEngineer, SolidWorks and Unigraphics.

Solid Modeling

  • Created solid models of a pump for use by an aerospace company. The model was used to check an existing pump for clearances and interference in a new environment.
  • Created conceptual solid models of new store fixtures based on artist sketches. Products were drawn to size and were then rendered for presentation.
  • Design of a tooling fixture for automotive frames. These fixtures were designed for 600 and 800 ton presses. The original fixtures were made using cardboard templates. Both the design and detailing were done in solid modeling.
  • Various modeling projects utilizing ProEngineer, SolidWorks and Unigraphics.

CAD System Support

  • Converted 2000 drawing from Cimlinc to CADAM for a machine tool manufacture. Updated all drawings to current standards and created a reference book and computer program to locate any drawing by name or number.
  • Converted 5,000 ProCADAM drawings to AutoCAD.
  • Converted several manual drawings to CADAM by raster to vector conversion.

Engineering Standards Definition

  • Created over 5,000 part files of standard hardware to be used in a online catalog program.
  • Converted 450 detail and 60 assembly drawings from manual drawings and mixed CAD systems to AutoCAD. In the process we created isometric exploded view drawings, updated standards, and verified all parts and hydraulic and pneumatic systems for an existing automated machine for sealing battery cases.
  • Converted 9000 drawings from CALMA and AutoCAD to ProCADAM updating them to current standards. Generated standard parts library from these drawings and created all new formats for the customer to switch to a new CAD system.

Reverse Engineering

  • Reverse engineering of a five switch fifteen piece circuit board. Our job was to precisely measure each of the exiting pieces to within 0.005". This included the dynamic relationships within the switches themselves. We compiled this information on the computer and developed assembly drawings and presentation drawings. The purpose was to lay the ground work for taking this prototype switch into production.