New month new newsletter! After a busy summer here’s what’s been happening, what we’ve achieved and things that attracted our attention.
Celebrating anniversaries…
Over the last few weeks we’ve celebrated two milestones; Craig has been with the business for 14 years doing what he does best AND we’ve called Unit 5 (our industrial unit) home for 2 years.
To celebrate Craig’s anniversary we asked him some questions; here’s what he had to say Celebrating a 14 year anniversary of Craig making our Mechanical Engineering projects happen – Apexis Engineering
And to mark our 2 years working at Unit 5 we’ve showcased what we can do (for projects we can talk about either generally or in a little more detail) here Two Years at our Industrial Unit in Derby – Apexis Engineering
New build in progress
We love the start of a project in the workshop.
In August a new build of three bespoke machines (well test rigs) began; we’re adhering to a tight deadline to manufacture, assembly and test these rigs to ensure they do what they’ve been designed to do against a very exacting industry ISO standard.
Nothing beats the feeling of everything moving components from the very well organised storage racks to the machinery being built in the workshop according to the general assembly drawings printed out and on the table.
From CAD to IRL (in real life)
One thing we’ve got nailed is ensuring that what happens in CAD is good when it’s brought into real life (i.e. manufactured). So, for an urgent project a client needed we put Emily (our summer intern) onto the task making sure the ‘it has to be good when it’s made and not just look amazing on CAD’ was reiterated.
What a job Emily did; great angles, easy to use part, nicely made and perfect when our client put it into use within their product (which we can’t talk about in full yet!).
Pure Physics
Have you heard about Osmotic Power Plants? It’s interesting to read the science and engineering behind generating energy with zero emissions from saltwater.
It’s described as the next generation renewable energy source that is not remotely affected by weather or time. Impressively there’s no carbon dioxide emissions as the name suggests these plants (one in Denmark and one in Japan) harness the same scientific principles as osmosis.
At Fukuoka in Japan, they extract seawater and also use treated water from a sewage plant. The membrane passes water through but blocks impurities and as the treated water moves across to the salty side pressure builds which in turn spins the turbine to drive the generator to produce electricity. Interesting stuff, and anything that relies on physics is great from our engineering perspective.
📸 Interesting Engineering – the first plant south of Oslo
Providing UKCA / CE Certification
It’s important to us that, if needed, we can provide the UKCA and/or CE certifications that the bespoke machinery we design, manufacture and supply.
Intensive training on this subject is something we commit to complete as required; this year we’ve done the training we need to be competent to provide the Certificate of Conformance and markings that are required for any machinery that we design and supply to our customers.
How can we help you?
If you’ve got a project or requirement you’d like to discuss with us please reach out to Seleena (info@apexisengineering.co.uk or 01332 419220).
As a reminder we offer a full turnkey services for bespoke machinery, custom plant and tailor made equipment from design through to installation (or concept to completion in our words!).
Apexis Engineering can also help with assembly projects and manufacturing of components or full machines – whether you need a one off or a continuous supply.
We make it happen whatever your project is.
