2006 Contest Winners
Javelin/SolidWorks "Cool" Design Awards
Javelin Technologies presents the winners of the 2006 "Cool" Design Contest. Entries were submitted from a variety of commercial and educational customers. The entries were judged based on:
- Product Functionality
- Degree of Difficulty of Design Task
- "Coolness" of the Design Contest Entry
Grand Prize Winner
Entry: Telescopic Forklift
Designer: Constantin Vasilescu
Company: Carelift Equipment Limited, Breslau, ON.
Description: A telescopic forklift which can be used to lift and transport. It can lift up to 20,000 lbs to a maximum of 44 ft. It uses a new, EPA compliant, tier 3 engine, along with sophisticated cooling package, transmission, axles, etc.
Design tools: SolidWorks, SolidWorks SimulationXpress
Runner up
Entry: Small open wheeled formula style racing car
Designer: Ray Minato
Company: Inertia Engineering + Design Inc., Toronto
Description: This design is of a small open wheeled formula style racing car. It was designed as an exercise to showcase the type of experience and services offered by Inertia Engineering + Design Inc.
Design tools: SolidWorks, SolidWorks Enterprise PDM , SolidWorks Simulation, SolidWorks Motion, and PhotoWorks
3rd Place
Entry: Two Stage Reciprocating Air Compressor
Designer: Jade Cho
Company: Devair Inc., Barrie, ON.
Description: The design is a two stage reciprocating air compressor pump. The compressor pump is comprised of 60 different parts. A 15 HP. pump with 175 PSI (12 Bar) normal working pressure and 50 ft3/min. (1.5 m3/min) air delivery capacity.
Design tools: SolidWorks, SolidWorks MotionManager (MotionManager), PhotoWorks
Honourable Mention - Environmental Design
Entry: Self Sustaining Cottage
Designers: Mark Remennik, John Bowron, Julian Bowron.
Description: The project is a design and rendering of a self sustaining cottage which is capable of surviving off the grid, as well as have the ability to connect back to the grid. Systems such as solar water heating, solar electrical panels a wind turbine etc. are key in this project. The size and material of the windows, the space organization also play a role in the sustainability of the cottage.
Design Tools: SolidWorks, PhotoWorks
Honourable Mention - Consumer Product Design
Entry: Connector for the Safety/Fall Arrest Industry
Designer: Bob Claus
Company: PenSafe, Stoney Creek, ON.
Description: This product is a connector for the Safety/Fall Arrest Industry and is designed to save lives.
Design Tools: SolidWorks, SolidWorks Simulation
Honourable Mention - Education
Entry: Future Hydrogen Gas Station
Designer: Joseph Paonessa
Company: UOIT (University of Ontario Institute of Technology), Oshawa, ON.
Description: This is a conceptual design of a futuristic Canadian gas station to accommodate hydrogen fuel.
Design Tools: SolidWorks Educational Edition
Honourable Mention - Marine
Entry: Collapsible Ship Bow
Designer: Paul Novak
Company: Intelligent Engineering Canada, Ottawa, ON.
Description: The Sea-Arrow Bow Stem is a collapsible ship bow concept for impact rupture reduction.
Design Tools: SolidWorks and Rhino, Rhino-to-SolidWorks Add-in for interoperability between Rhino and SolidWorks
Honourable Mention - Tooling
Entry: 3D Transfer Tool
Designer: Michael Fernando
Company: Theta Industries Ltd., TTS Transfer Technology Solutions, Inc., Barrie ON.
Description: This 3D Transfer Tool was allotted 18 weeks to complete form Process Design to the Production Approval (PPAP) run.
Design Tools: SolidWorks and SolidWorks Workgroup PDM
Honourable Mention - Analysis
Entry: Stress Analysis
Designer: Rick Grant
Company: Grantec Engineering Consultants Inc., Hammonds Plains, NS.
Description: Grantec Engineering Consultants Inc. (www.grantec.ca), on behalf of a leading North American-based international supplier of desalination systems, conducted advanced finite element analysis of a large (500 ton) Multi-Stage Flash (MSF) desalination vessel to assess the integrity of the major pressure retaining components under pressure, vacuum, wind, thermal, gravity and hydrotest loads.
Design Tools: SolidWorks, SolidWorks Simulation Premium
Honourable Mention - Computational Fluid Dynamics
Entry: Projector Air Flow Trajectories
Designer/Analyst: Sidi Maiga
Company: Christie Digital Systems, Kitchener, ON.
Description: SolidWorks Flow Simulation was used to simulate the air flow trajectories and pressure drop through a projection system.
Design Tools: SolidWorks, SolidWorks Flow Simulation
