Motor Coach Industries (MCI) was developing a new coach, the MCI® D45 CRT LE Commuter Rapid Transit Coach and required our Fabrication Team’s expertise to verify their designs with functional prototypes. MCI was looking to create pilot buses that they could perform on-road testing with and as such, they needed parts that would perform similar…
QinetiQ Target Systems is a world leader in providing unmanned air, land and surface vehicle targets for live-fire training and testing in the defence, security and aerospace markets. They needed support with a re-design on their existing Hammerhead Mark I Naval Target to reduce weight and optimize the design. We stepped in to keep their…
Dog Quality is a leading provider of specialized senior dog assistance products that dramatically improve quality of life. They needed support developing a new product, a dog wheelchair that will help small-to-medium dogs with limited leg mobility move around freely. After they created an aluminum prototype with the support of BCIT MAKE+, the next step…
For over 70 years MacDon has been a world leader in technology, innovation and manufacturing of high-performance harvesting equipment. When they were developing their new M1 Windrower Series, they reached out to us for our expertise with design, analysis and the agriculture industry. Their main priority was the function and comfort for their customers combined…
Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology is a leading global supplier of mining and rock excavation equipment, technology and services. We worked with Sandvik Mining and Rock Technology to design a waterproof fibreglass enclosure that houses the Sandvik Eris Control Panel. The panel is used in a harsh mining environment to remotely operate mining equipment and…
Sande Curling Innovations is dedicated to improving the sport of curling and reached out to us for support with developing a new product. They had a concept for an optimized brush head that distributed pressure evenly to give curlers better control of the rock’s direction and speed. We stepped in to help them bring the…
Micro Tool & Machine Ltd. (MTM), a Winnipeg-based custom machinery manufacturer for the electrical transformer industry, needed support to improve their production line. We were brought in to determine if replacing a metallic pick-and-place arm with a composite alternative could increase production capacity from 25 to 50 per cycle. We assessed the client’s two options…
Bionic Power, a technology company based in Vancouver, created an advanced wearable technology that generates electricity from the natural action of walking. A major market for this is with military members when on assignment and they need power to navigate and communicate with their teams. Bionic Power needed our support to commercialize the shells that…
Genome Prairie, a non-profit organization dedicated to advanced genomics research, wanted to create a mobile lab that they could put on the back of an existing vehicle to be able to access technical equipment in the field. The Molecular Biology Interactive Learning Enterprise (MOBILE) lab needed to have room to operate equipment and store supplies…
