Engineering, design and manufacturing services
Designed for the IN, optimized for the OUT
We are able to provide custom engineering work for your projects, as well as manufacturing capabilities.
- Mechanical Engineering
- Fabrication/metal work
- CAD work
- Mechatronics
- Control systems
- Custom PCB’s and electronics
- Woodwork
Projects
Featured below are some of the custom projects we engineered and manufactured.
To accompany the investment of new JBL VTX A6 speakers, a commission was made for 12 custom build dollies.
For this project there where some key requirements that had to be delivered on in order for it to be a succes:
For starters, the dollies had to be designed so that they would be European truck sized, as this was one of the main draw backs with the OEM solution.
Secondly, the speakers would be going out on a lot of the smaller scale shows. These often take place in small theaters, where storage is difficult. It was therefore paramount that when the dollies are empty, they would be able to pack in away in an as small as possible footprint.
32A to 6+1 power distro
Taking in a 32A CEE 3-phase input and distribute it to feed 6 amplifiers with their own individual circuits. While still fitting inside a 2U space and have an extra auxiliary circuit.
Key aspects of the design of the power distro are:
– Ease of assembly
The design allows the unit to be build and wired in 3 fases. First step is the base plate with the breakers and terminal strips, so there is ample acces around to wire. Second step is to mount the back plate to the base plate and wire in- and outgoing cables into the terminal strip. And the final step is to mount the assembly into the housing.
– Modularity
In case the racks change where the distro is needed, it was important that the cables could easily be swapped. This to enable quick turn around in case the original cable length would no longer be sufficient. Because of the use of the terminal strip, cables can be easily unscrewed and replaced with new ones without having to mess with the breakers.
– Front and back Auxiliary connections
One of the features that makes this unit standout from regular power distro’s is the 6+1 configuration. Where 6 outputs are dedicated for example for amps. A seventh breaker is used to power the auxiliary equipment with an socket on the front and an cable output on the back. These can for example be used to power the network switch of the rack or a laptop used for control.
The need for analogue tie-lines between racks, desks and onstage, created a desire for rack mountable 1U strips that could take in an Ethercon line and break it in/out to XLR.
Other solutions already available existed, but sourcing them as rack mountable panels proved difficult. Especially finding ones with a matching pin-out and having Bi-Directional chassis connectors.
So custom panels quickly became a cost effective solution, that is also compliant to the AES72 standard for the Type 1M scheme (other pin outs are possible)
Compatible with existing edge devices:
– Soundevice’s Astral ARX32
– ELC dmXLAN NodeHD 24
– LINK WidgetLink
For an upcoming tour, the request came in to have the array frames of the PA travel in their own carts.
PA left and right would get their own cart containing the frames for the Main, Side and Rear hangs.
– Holds 3x A12 bumper with the extension bar attached in normal position
– All rigging attachments, including Delta plates can stay attached
– Frames are able to be lifted out by the chain motors
After expanding their inventory with additional JBL VTX A8’s, the request was made to design dollies for the new extra stock. This in order to both reduce the lead times and extra cost of buying new ones from the factory.
As the inventory would be a mix of original and custom dollies, extra attention was put into making sure interoperability would exist between the two.
Dollies for transporting 3x JBL B28’s.
The complete process was done inhouse: from the CAD design, to the metal work and powder coating, everything was taken care of. Made for multiple end users, the design includes the logo’s of the respective companies laser cut into the steel work, creating unique parts tailored to the different rental houses.
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