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Custom Mechanical Product Development

Practical mechanical design work across concept development, CAD modeling, fabrication support, and manufacturing documentation.

Overview

This work represents industry experience in custom mechanical product development at Uniscient Engineering Ltd. The projects involved concept design, CAD modeling, manufacturability-driven refinement, sheet metal design, engineering drawings, BOM preparation, fabrication support, assembly awareness, and testing support.

Problem

Custom engineering products often require practical mechanical solutions that are application-specific, cost-aware, manufacturable, and assembly-friendly. Design decisions must balance feasibility, weight, cost, fabrication constraints, and real-world operation.

Approach

Worked across multiple product-development tasks, including a drone-mounted seed ball dispenser, biomedical waste disposal machine elements, and refrigerated mobile vending vehicle enclosure components. The work combined concept generation, CAD design, sheet metal development, drawings, BOMs, and manufacturing-support activities.

Workflow / Method

  1. Understand application requirements and product constraints.
  2. Generate mechanical concepts for review.
  3. Evaluate feasibility, weight, cost, fabrication constraints, and assembly practicality.
  4. Develop CAD models and sheet metal elements in SolidWorks.
  5. Prepare engineering drawings and BOMs for manufacturing support.
  6. Support design refinement, fabrication coordination, assembly awareness, and testing needs.

Project Examples

Drone-Mounted Seed Ball Dispenser

Designed mechanical concepts for a drone-mounted seed ball dispensing system intended for afforestation in hard-to-reach areas where manual planting was difficult. Created 3 individual design concepts as part of a 6-concept team evaluation and supported final concept selection based on feasibility, weight, and cost.

Biomedical Waste Disposal Machine

Designed sheet metal casing, internal slots, and related mechanical elements to support practical fabrication, assembly, and functional integration.

Refrigerated Mobile Vending Vehicle Enclosure

Designed enclosure elements and prepared engineering drawings and BOMs to support manufacturing, installation, and product assembly.

Engineering Value

This experience demonstrates practical mechanical design capability beyond academic research. It shows the ability to work with real products, real fabrication constraints, drawings, BOMs, assembly needs, and manufacturing-oriented design decisions.

Key Outcomes

  • Supported custom product development from concept to fabrication support.
  • Created mechanical concepts for application-specific engineering products.
  • Produced design concepts evaluated for feasibility, weight, and cost.
  • Designed sheet metal and enclosure components for practical manufacturing.
  • Prepared engineering drawings and BOMs for manufacturing and installation support.
  • Built a foundation in manufacturability-driven mechanical design.

Limitations / Future Scope

Detailed product visuals and proprietary manufacturing information should not be publicly shown unless cleared. Use abstract visuals, anonymized CAD renders, or non-sensitive concept images later.

  • Add anonymized CAD renders
  • Add manufacturing drawing previews with sensitive details removed
  • Add before/after design-development visuals
  • Add short case-study diagrams for each product category