DESIGN • PROTOTYPE • MANUFACTURE

Engineering solutions for the parts that are awkward, obsolete or overpriced.

A3D Techworks helps manufacturers and businesses replace difficult-to-source components, develop prototypes and produce low-volume engineering parts quickly.

A3D Techworks prototype pick-and-place head
FROM CAD TO WORKING HARDWARE Automation mechanism development
CADReverse engineering & design
3D PRINTFunctional production parts
CNCMachined & composite parts
R&DComplete prototype systems

CAPABILITIES

Useful engineering, not just pretty prototypes.

From one broken component to a complete mechanism, the focus is on solving the actual problem and producing something that works in the real world.

01

Replacement machine parts

Recreate worn, damaged, unavailable or disproportionately expensive components from an existing part, measurements or drawings.

02

Custom design & prototyping

CAD design, rapid iteration and physical testing for mechanisms, fixtures, guides, mounts and production improvements.

03

Low-volume manufacturing

Short runs of functional parts without the tooling cost and lead time associated with traditional mass production.

04

System development

Mechanical, electronic and software development when the solution needs more than a single component.

HOW IT WORKS

01Show us the problem

A photo, failed part, rough sketch or explanation is enough to start.

02Design the solution

Measure, reverse-engineer and model the part or mechanism in CAD.

03Prototype & test

Build quickly, test the important features and change what needs changing.

04Make the working part

Produce the finished component or low-volume batch and support future revisions.

SELECTED WORK

Designed on screen. Proved in hardware.

The strongest proof is seeing the design turn into a physical part. These projects show the process from CAD through to working hardware.

AUTOMATION • MECHANICAL DESIGN

Pick-and-place head development

A complete redesign and prototype mechanism for production machinery, developed around serviceability, repeatability and practical manufacturing.

Mechanical redesignCADRapid prototypingFunctional testing
CAD render of A3D pick-and-place head
CADDesigned as a complete mechanism
Physical A3D pick-and-place head
BUILTAssembled working prototype
CAD model of pusher component
CADPusher head component
Original and replacement pusher components
BUILTOriginal and replacement
REVERSE ENGINEERING

Replacement pusher components

Existing parts measured, redesigned and reproduced without requiring the original CAD data.

CAD design for carbon fibre chassis plate
CADChassis plate geometry
CNC cut carbon fibre chassis components
BUILTCNC-cut carbon components
CNC • COMPOSITES

Carbon-fibre chassis parts

Designed around existing hardware, cut from carbon sheet and assembled into a working chassis.

CAD model of custom RC chassis
CADIntegrated chassis design
Physical custom RC chassis
BUILTWorking physical platform
PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT

Custom RC platform

Mechanical packaging, suspension mounting, drivetrain layout and manufactured components developed as one system.

CAD model of production-machine attachment
CADProposed machine attachment
Physical production-machine attachment
REFERENCEFactory original
PRODUCTION MACHINERY

Machine attachment design

CAD development around an existing factory component, showing how new or replacement hardware can be designed to fit established production equipment.

IN-HOUSE R&D • SYSTEM DEVELOPMENT

Asphalt Arena

An in-house development project combining mechanical design, custom RC hardware, illuminated game pads, embedded electronics, live software and automated pit-stop development.

MechanicalElectronicsSoftwareAutomation
CAD model of Asphalt Arena illuminated game pad
CADGame pad enclosure
Illuminated Asphalt Arena game pad in use
BUILTOutdoor functional test
CAD model of automated pit-stop head component
CADPit-stop head component
Automated Asphalt Arena pit-stop test rig
PROTOTYPEAutomated pit-stop development
Full-size Asphalt Arena test setup
SYSTEMFull-size working arena prototype

A3D TECHWORKS

Small enough to move quickly. Technical enough to take on the weird stuff.

A3D Techworks is an independent engineering business specialising in practical, low-volume solutions. A project can begin with a broken part, a rough sketch, an existing mechanism or simply a problem that needs fixing.

The process is straightforward: understand what it needs to do, design the solution, build it, test it and improve it until it works.

HAVE A PART OR PROBLEM?

Send over a photo and tell us what it does.

You do not need a technical drawing. A photo, dimensions and a quick explanation are enough to start.

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