Mechanical Engineering Services

Innoform's experts use modern methods of data analysis as to provide you with more efficient mechanical systems for your testing or production needs. 

Our Experts' Footprint

Explore our experts' footprint by clicking on each location to discover detailed insights about the projects delivered. Each marker represents a site where our team have applied innovative thinking and technical excellence to solve complex challenges.

Our Experts' Projects

Design and manufacture of a bespoke 2.5m long tidal turbine blade with a 3D printed inner core leading to significant reductions in manufacturing cost.

Tidal Rotor Blade

United Kingdom

Data-driven approach to design and installation of rotor blade test rig and supporting components in Edinburgh, UK.

Optimal sensor placement optimisation used to minimise construction, operational and maintenance while ensuring accurate data collected from tests.

Rotor Blade Test Rig

United Kingdom

Prototype design and manufacturing of a 5 m long tidal turbine blade with a support structure consisting of a cast-iron spart, carbon-glass composite ribs and skin system. Use of finite element modelling and data-driven design led to significant cost reductions over conventional tidal blade designs.

Tidal Rotor Blade

United Kingdom

Structural Design of Temporary Works

United Kingdom

Reviews, testing and development of internal company standards and standard operational procedures relating to safety decks and net strands, for a client in the temporary works sector.

Lattice Wind Rotor Blade

Ireland

Prototype design of lattice structure designed with a finite element modelling approach. Results showed a significant reduction in overall material weight and cost.

News

Led by Dr. Eddie McCarthy, a new state-of-the-art tidal turbine blade has been manufactured in Scotland for the first time — and at a lower cost than previous versions. According to its developers, this innovation could help reduce the levelised cost of tidal energy.

FastBlade leader Dr Eddie McCarthy, said: “This project represents a major step change in our group’s capacity to manufacture tidal blades at reasonable size scale (around three metres long) at a reasonable speed ... we have found a faster, cheaper route to manufacture than the usual tidal blade fabrication."