A single tear ran slowly along her cheek towards the cold linoleum on which she lay. The pain in her right leg and hip was made agonisingly more acute with every miniscule effort to move. The ‘call for assistance’ button was well beyond reach. Her fear and angst were...
Innovations and Insights at Enginuity
Digital Harbour: The Marine Data Revolution
A revolution is bubbling to the surface. A revolution within the marine sector that will provide unprecedented access to integrated real-time data on the environment, biology, security and port traffic is on the horizon. This initiative breaks open new and exciting...
Sonar Deployment Season
Getting the Sharper Image with the Vessel You Have
It is widely understood that much more is known about outer space than the depths of our oceans, greater than 80% are yet to be explored or charted. The challenges of exploring and understanding what lies beneath the water’s surface are characterised by frigid...
Human/Machine Management
Understanding Leadership’s Role in Industry 4.0
“If a machine, a Terminator, can learn the value of human life, maybe we can too.” - Sarah Connor, Terminator 2 : Judgement Day Let’s take a trip in time. Five hundred years before the Industrial Revolution, (aka the First Industrial Revolution) the waterborne city of...
Combating Military Obsolescence:
Tactical Engineering and Retrofit Design
Due to sensitive subject matter, many client and project details have been omitted. Alarm bells are sounding. Polish President Andrzej Duda has recently called for all NATO member states to increase their defence spending to 3% of GDP. The reason for his remarks is...
Deep. Well. Connected. The Importance of Trust and B2B Alignment
Deep. Well. Connected. The Importance of Trust and B2B Alignment James Fisher Decommissioning & Enginuity Inc. Picture this - you’re on a rolling deck of a ship in the North Sea, dawn is breaking, dark, foreboding clouds hang low in the air, there is a...
Hand in Hand with CleanBands
Hand in Hand with CleanBands Like many of us, David Iwankow’s first job as a teen was at a buffet serving food; slicing roast beef and making salads for hungry and unsuspecting guests. At the time he never thought about it, but looking back, he realized that he...
Engineering the Future: Reshaping the Manufacturing Landscape with Automation and Robotics
As one of Canada's top robotics and automation companies, Enginuity transcends conventional boundaries, consistently pushing the envelope with novel solutions that redefine the industrial paradigm. Our growing expertise in Industry 4.0, robotics, conveying and...
Marine Innovation: An Industry Flooded with Technical Prowess
The ever-changing world of Ocean Technology bears a striking resemblance to the ocean itself right now. The depths of need and potential are vast and the progress coming from the oceans tech ecosystem are constantly smashing any technological boundaries we thought...
Maximizing Product Quality: Automated Testing in Printed Circuit Board Assembly
Manual testing can seem laborous, sloppy and time consuming in today's world of complex designs and cutting-edge technology. For electronics hardware and printed circuit board (PCB) assembly specialists like Enginuity, automated testing is a crucial element of...
Custom Jetson Carrier Boards: The Key to Unleashing AI and ML Potential
How Enginuity is overcoming external supply chain problem while helping companies navigate the AI and ML Landscape. We no longer tackle difficult issues and make important choices in the same ways that we did before the advent of AI and ML. AI and ML...
What is Overall Equipment Effectiveness? A Guide to OEE in Industry 4.0
Overall Equipment Effectiveness is becoming increasingly important as the world moves into Industry 4.0. We'll cover what OEE is, why it's important, and how to calculate it with your own processes. Overall Equipment Effectiveness is like a report card for your...
LoRaWAN: How do we enable IoT for Atlantic Industries?
LoRaWAN is the communications protocol of the future, and you could benefit greatly from it. We'll cover what it is, why we're investing in it, the different applications, and whether it could be a potential fit for your business. Enginuity is proud to announce that...
The Case for Machine Vision: What It Is, and How It Can Help You
Article Contributors: Nathan Field (Robotics and Automation Manager) | Ysa Gonzales (Marketing Coordinator)| Rhodri Armour, PhD, P.Eng (Program Manager, Industry 4.0) | Maxwell Bauer (Mechanical Engineering Co-op) | Alastair Trower (Director of Business...
When Should You Outsource Engineering Services?
Article Contributors: James Dean-Moore (Program Manager for Industrial and Marine) | Maayan Harel, P.Eng. (Program Manager for Aerospace and Defense) | Alastair "Alf" Trower (Director for Business Development) | Ysa Gonzales (Marketing Coordinator)Here's everything...
Advantages of Continuous Monitoring Systems – and Why You May Need One
It can be costly and time-consuming to deal with equipment failure when it happens. Although scheduled preventative maintenance (such as quarterly inspections) means routine checkpoints over particular periods of time, there can be a lot of unnecessary downtime...
Designing for Harsh Marine Environments and Ocean Technology
Enginuity’s story began the same way that Atlantic Canada has developed into becoming a region with world-class ocean capabilities – with Ben Garvey, Founder and President, growing up on and around boats. Ben had extensive marine experience prior to starting Enginuity...
The Sky is Not the Limit: Mechanical Engineering, Design, and Finite Element Analysis
Written by Ysa Gonzales, Enginuity Marketing When I asked Mechanical Lead Louis Manuge what differentiates Enginuity’s mechanical team from others, he couldn’t quite pin his finger down to just one answer – and for a good reason. “I think there’s nothing we can’t do....
UX and its role in Industrial Design
Written by Alicia Stewart, Industrial Designer at EnginuityUser Experience (UX) design has become quite prevalent in the world of product development. Despite its recent popularity there is still much confusion as to what it actually is. So, where is all the confusion...
A Faster, Simpler Launch and Retrieval of Marine Assets: SEA-Lift and SEA-Snap
Introducing marine connectors that will make launch and retrieval for marine assets faster, safer, and more discreet: SEA-Lift and SEA-Snap. The SEA-Lift is a rapidly deployed, high-load dynamic lifting connector designed for challenging marine environments, while the...
Traditional mooring connectors don’t cut it anymore, but this does. | SEA-Stab
Connects in Seconds, Stays for Life. Whether you’re installing a pre-lay for a MODU (Mobile Offshore Drilling Unit), a new spread for an offloading system, installing a tidal turbine, or exploring offshore wind, SEA-Stab from Enginuity offers simple, cost-effective,...
Why Engineering Needs Industrial Design
No matter the complexity of an engineering project, ultimately people are going to use it. Thinking about carrying, gripping, pushing buttons, reading screens; this is where Industrial Design hits Enginuity’s Design Control Process. Industrial Design is an...
How Enginuity is Changing the Engineering Landscape
Written by Ysa Gonzales, Enginuity Marketing When I asked Ben Garvey how he came up with the idea to start a company like Enginuity, he had a simple answer — he didn’t. It wasn’t a single idea that started it. Rather, it was a string of events brought upon by...
What is Finite Element Analysis, or FEA for design engineers?
What is Finite Element Analysis, or FEA?Also called numerical analysis, FEA simulates a physical phenomenon, structure, or system using the Finite Element Method, or FEM. Mathematical equations are applied to allow a computer model to evolve with some variable, like a...
How Engineering Innovation Helps in Times of Crisis
Enginuity is still hard at work, even as COVID-19 impacts everything about our world and changes the way we live! Did you know that door handles are among the most germ-infested objects in houses, hospitals, workplaces, and public buildings? We’re pretty creative...
ACOA Boosts Enginuity Design
ACOA recently showed support for EnginuityMED and their FIVA, Fluid IV Alert. Designed in collaboration with Dr. Orlando Hung of the Victoria General Hospital in Halifax, Enginuity engineered the product from concept to first sale in 9 months. This collaboration...