Case Studies

Bureau of Meteorology 2023

Case Study

TRANSPORTABILITY OF MOBILE WEATHER RADAR The Bureau of Meteorology in Melbourne sought assistance to convert the transportability of their trailer mounted Weather Radar unit to a more versatile, independent, transportable, and free-standing design. The existing trailer being an oversize unit, made transporting the 3,500kg radar only permissible with road permits, and difficult to manoeuvre to […]… Read more

Paccar 2022

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CHASSIS RAIL SHUTTLE & TRANSFER SYSTEM A building extension with material storage and process flow changes were created by PACCAR (KENWORTH) to effect improved operations to their Chassis Rail Build Area. An automatic 8-Station Shuttle & Transfer System was incorporated to manage the indexing of Chassis Rails from station-to-station for their staged work processes. The […]… Read more

G.E Silos 2020

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With a desire to reduce the task times and effort in the processes of roll forming and drilling during silo manufacture, GE Silos contacted Custom Automation to develop new solutions to achieve these objectives with consistency, reliability and improved operator conditions. Roll Forming The Roll Forming machine needed to be capable of accepting both 1.0mm […]… Read more

Lewis Australia 2020

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Custom Automation was commissioned by Lewis Australia to design and build a heavy-duty ingot conveyor capable of handling 2-tonne stacks of zinc ingots through stacking and banding processes at a speed of 380mm/s. Custom Automation’s engineering team designed a solution to meet these requirements by utilising a 7.5m long heavy-duty twin strand high side chain […]… Read more