Engineering services
BioFlex offers a full mechanical engineering service portfolio. Most projects combine several of the capabilities below, scoped to suit the customer's existing engineering and procurement processes.
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Concept and Detailed Design
From early concept sketches and feasibility studies through to fully detailed manufacturing drawings, BIM/CAD models, and bills of materials. SOLIDWORKS is our primary platform, with SOLIDWORKS Composer used for assembly animations and interactive technical documentation.
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Engineering Analysis and Simulation
Structural and thermal analysis, design-for-manufacture reviews, tolerance stack-up studies, and motion analysis for moving assemblies. We use simulation to de-risk designs before manufacture, particularly for fixtures handling expensive components or high-throughput packaging tooling.
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Manufacturing and Build
You receive finished, tested equipment and tooling rather than a drawing pack. Capabilities include CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, welding, surface finishing, mechanical assembly, and electrical/pneumatic integration. Procurement, quality control and assembly oversight stay with us from the drawing through to the crate.
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Reverse Engineering
Worn or obsolete spare parts re-engineered from physical samples or partial drawings. Particularly valuable for legacy packaging tooling and agri-equipment where original OEM support is no longer economic. We can deliver a working replacement faster than waiting for an OEM quote in many cases.
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Prototyping and 3D Printing
Rapid prototyping and additive manufacturing used to put a design in front of the people who will use it, early. Printed fixtures, jigs, and form models let ergonomics, clearance, and fit be checked on the line before any tooling is committed, and short-run printed parts cover the gap while production tooling is being made. Where a printed part is not fit for service, the prototype still de-risks the machined or moulded version that follows.
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Technical Documentation and Visualisation
Interactive equipment catalogues, exploded-view animations, virtual tours of installed equipment, technical manuals, and customer-facing marketing content. Useful for OEMs supporting their sales process or for end-users producing internal training materials.
What we can do, sector by sector
The same engineering disciplines apply across all three sectors. What changes is the regulatory framework and the operating constraints.
| Capability | Medical | Packaging & Tooling | Biogas & AgriTech |
|---|---|---|---|
| Concept design and feasibility studies | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| 3D CAD modelling (SOLIDWORKS) | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Detailed manufacturing drawings and BOMs | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Engineering analysis (FEA, thermal, motion) | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Reverse engineering of legacy parts | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Prototyping and 3D printing | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Manufacturing and build | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Fixture, jig, and workbench design | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | On request |
| Cleanroom-compatible design | Offered as standard | On request | Not offered |
| Thermoform mold and tooling design | Not offered | Offered as standard | Not offered |
| Hygienic / food-contact design (EU 1935) | Not offered | Offered as standard | Not offered |
| Automated filling line integration | Not offered | Offered as standard | On request |
| Safety guarding, interlocks, EN ISO 13849 | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Equipment retrofit and modernisation | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Technical animation and visualisation | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
| Cost analysis and capital project support | Offered as standard | Offered as standard | Offered as standard |
✓ offered as standard · Req on request · blank not offered
Where we apply it
Mechanical engineering solutions for medical, packaging, and energy industries, from concept design through to finished, installed equipment.
Medical
Jigs, fixtures, workbenches, and process tooling, built for cleanroom and ISO-controlled environments.
OpenPackaging & Tooling
Custom mold design, thermoform tooling, machine retrofits, and spare-part supply for production lines.
OpenBiogas & AgriTech
Modular anaerobic digestion systems for Irish farms. Concept to commissioning, SSRH grant eligible.
Open
