Stories

Stories

Engineering projects, decisions and field experience - from problem definition through validation and deployment.

Flagship Engineering Stories

Bradken

SmartRoller
Published

Led from the original field problem through commercial deployment, progressing SmartRoller from early feasibility into a rugged connected monitoring product for large mining excavators.

Industrial IoTMining technologyField sensing+2
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Large tracked mining excavator in an open-cut mine, showing the scale and harsh environment SmartRoller was designed for.

Bradken

GET Vision — AI-Enabled Monitoring in the Field
Published

Leading Bradken-side supplier delivery, hardware-system integration and field deployment as GET Vision progressed from an early vision prototype into a rugged, customer-deployed product for monitoring lost and worn mining GET.

Product SystemsAI-Enabled VisionHarsh-Environment Design+2
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Front view of a large mining excavator and bucket during GET Vision deployment in Zambia.

Neumann Space

Plasma-Thruster Electronics Recovery
Published

Recovered and stabilised an inherited plasma-thruster power-and-control platform, led a small electronics workstream and progressed the system into sustained firing and integrated vacuum testing.

Aerospace electronicsElectric propulsionPower electronics+4
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Publicly released Neumann Space plasma-thruster hardware shown against a transparent background.

IBA

Commissioning a ProteusONE Proton-Therapy Centre
Published

Helped take a regulated proton-therapy installation from an empty building through multidisciplinary integration, acceptance, first-patient operation and local-team handover.

Medical AcceleratorsSystems IntegrationCommissioning+6
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Completed ProteusONE treatment room at Narita Memorial Proton Center in Toyohashi.

Additional Bradken R&D and Product Programmes

Selected research, prototype and product-improvement programmes that contributed to Bradken's wider mining-technology portfolio.

Bradken

Story in development

Embedded Wear-Monitoring Research

Led research, sensing architecture and product development for an embedded wear-monitoring system designed for an exceptionally severe mining environment, including field trials in New South Wales.

Industrial IoTEmbedded SensingHarsh-Environment DesignProduct Architecture
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Bradken

Story in development

Vibration Energy Harvesting for Autonomous IoT

Researched and designed an energy-harvesting concept for regenerating electrical power from machine vibration to support autonomous industrial sensing and reduce dependence on conventional battery replacement.

Energy HarvestingIndustrial IoTApplied ResearchSensing Systems
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Bradken

Story in development

SmartMill

Provided technical leadership and RF expertise through sensing development and trial activity, including remote technical support for a Namibia field trial and later specialist consulting input.

RF SystemsSensingMining TechnologyField Validation
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Bradken

Story in development

SmartLiner

Supported product-improvement work focused on increasing sensing resolution and strengthening the usefulness of the existing monitoring system.

Product ImprovementSensing ResolutionMining TechnologySystems Integration
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