Specialist Engineering

Our bespoke specialist engineering support helps companies transform their businesses by improving product performance. Better designed, smarter, safer and robust, functional products help companies save costs, meet regulations, be more sustainable and take advantage of both changing market trends and customer preferences.

Tags and Sensors

These are key to monitoring the status and performance of assets. These are commodities now, but often cannot perform robustly and reliably for specific materials and usage.

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Energy Harvesting

Many companies see self-powered lifecycle management systems as their future differentiator. Eliminating lithium batteries as the energy generator is essential to making this happen sustainably.

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Data Delivery

It’s all about data in the end. In its singular details, aggregated and enhanced by AI, knowing what’s happening and what could happen are prime drivers to effective performance.

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Our Skills

We have decades of experience specialising in Mechanical Engineering, Electronics Re-Work and CAD Design.

New Projects

The Penny Ink

Automotive

The Penny Tag

Automotive

Project Portfolio

KEI

Automotive

Tyreless

Automotive

OnTrack

Automotive

Profit

Automotive

GEIC Graphene Tag

Automotive

Intense

Automotive

Ancillary Services

We offer ancillary services from our lab space in Bristol.

Testing

Mechanical Testing

Using advanced instruments like AML Instruments Z3, including tensile,shear and adhession testing.

Electronics Testing

Using microscope and oscilloscope.

RF Testing

RF testing and custom tagging solutions using UHF, HF, LF, and NFC technologies.

Services

3D Printing

High-precision 3D printing using SLA and SLS printers for prototyping and small-scale production.

Microsoldering

For delicate electronic components and PCB repairs.

Data Modelling and Analysis

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Our Engineers

Ashley Duddle

Zois Tsikriteas

Mihnea Nicolae

and Associates

Martyn Bennet

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Net Gen PassThrough BLE Sensors

The Pass Through Sensor is multi-purpose, as it can work both inside and outside the tyre. Customers can use it straight away, and the next tyre change, move it inside the tyre for more accurate temperature readings. Our first prototype worked well and proved the concept. We are pleased with the design aesthetics and ergonomics. The second version will benefit from a new micro-controller, smaller footprint and significantly reduced power consumption. It will be Bluetooth Smart enabled providing many new features including auto-locating itself on the vehicle using the proximity and mesh network capabilities. Expanded sensor capabilities include temperature, pressure, 6-axis motion sensor, microphone, IC2 interface and power bus.

RFID Drive over Reader

This patent covers the combination of temperature, pressure, and other capacitors, plus an RFID chip and a coil that transmits measured variables as an analogue signal. The patent was originally applied for in December 2011 and which evolved into a PCT (Patent Cooperation Treaty between 146 countries) in December 2012. The project is now in a phase to be taken to prototype using the printing technology that we have now perfected with production of NFC and UHF RFID tags.

Smart Inflators

We are working on a joint project with a leading international supplier of air products to enable the accurate inflation of hot tyres by using precise measurements of both ambient and internal tyre air temperature. The two readings will be immediately reconciled. Future versions will compensate for the humidity in the air in the tyre and used by the inflator. This is mitigated if N2 is used instead of air.

Smart Inner Tubes

This is a concept for an inner tube TPMS sensor that could be used to more accurately measure pressure, temperature and power bus.