Hilcona Gourmet SA, an actor in the food industry was dealing with a damaged key component in one of its production line. The Countdown Company offered to setup a plan for saving the expensive molds. One of the main project constrain was the timing: since the production is on almost 24/7, the part availability for...
Category: Design
High Volume Wood chamfering Machine
Scierie Zahnd SA in Rueyeres (CH), a huge construction wood producer, was willing to enhance the capabilities of one of their combined automatic sawing/milling machines. A pre-study confirmed the possibility of integrating an additional powered arbor within the available space. The Countdown Company in partnership with ST Solutions took the complete design and execution package....
Thermal Sanitizer
Hilcona industrialises the production of fresh food at a large scale, requiring them to have an advanced technology production line respecting the highest sanitary standards. To optimise their production, they wanted an innovative way to sanitize a specific machine without the need to fully disassemble and re-assemble it. The proposed and developed solution consisted in...
Machine Improvements
PBMC SA, active in the material polishing business, from Les Brenets (CH) has chosen The Countdown Company to be their engineering office partner for the development of their actual and future machines. Multiple projects are in the pipeline, from existing models enhancement to complete new machine design. The Countdown Company is responsible for the studies,...
Non-Pyrotechnic Quick Link Release Mechanism
Tight deadline, complex system integration, electro-mechanical system with a potential space application: right in The Countdown Company’s sweet spot! The 2020 EPFL Rocket Team required a system to hold their main parachute during the first phase of the descent which is controlled by a drogue chute. At low altitude, this same system shall release the...
Composite Wheel Rim’s Mold manufacturing
For the development of their e-racing car, the EPFL racing team are manufacturing their own wheel’s rims out of composite material. For laminating and curing of the composite, they have designed a two parts mold out of epoxy tooling block. The Countdown Company supported the team in the machining of the mold according to their...
Vintage Airplane Wing Root Technical Drawings
Runway18 is a mechanic company for aeronautical aeroplanes, taking the challenge of renovating vintage planes. For a Navion from 1946, they needed to reverse engineer a specific part at the wing’s root. The first challenge was to identify the material used for the part as well as the production method of the alloy. The second...