3 Way Chute – Conveyor System

Innovative Design, Inc. provides mechanical and machine design services to a custom conveyor manufacturer. IDI worked closely with customer engineers to develop a 3-way chute and conveyor system to be installed in a food processing facility. As requested by the customer, the 3D model and all the detail drawings of the chutes, conveyors, belts, drives, […]

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360 degree Laser Scanning for 3D

Innovative Design, Inc. (IDI) was hired by a major paper producer to develop a mechanism for removing and reinstalling an air knife while the paper machine was still in operation. The air knife had previously been manually positioned in close tolerance to the paper and, because of the potential for damaging the web, changing it […]

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3D Scanning a Thrilling Drop at Dollywood

Blazing Fury is an indoor steel roller coaster that has been a major attraction at Dollywood since before it was named Dollywood—the ride was built in 1978 by what was then Silver Dollar City Tennessee. In the decades since, portions of the coaster’s track were scanned and replaced. The exception was the twisting curve of the final 18-foot drop, […]

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A New Process for a Leading Paper Manufacturer

A leading paper manufacturer had a money-saving idea and needed IDI to help determine it if it would truly raise the bottom line. The company had developed a process for using a cheaper supply stock known as printed broke in its paper manufacturing but needed to determine the return on investment, which meant developing drawings that […]

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Beamline Electrical Controls

Innovative Design, Inc. (IDI) has been providing electrical and instrumentation engineering and design support to the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) for many years. Engineering and design tasks have included: Point Guard I/O Layouts and Controls Vacuum Control System Electrical Schematics Wiring Diagrams Panel Layouts Communication Systems As-Built Design Drawings & Documentation

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Building Roof Canopy

3D model in SolidWorks 2D detail drawings for fabrication and installation Laser Scanning Financial Assessment Structural Design & Analysis Canopy Anchorage Load Calculations & Design Prepare Technical Specifications to be used for Bid Documents

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Custom Machine Guarding

Throughout the years, we’ve designed numerous machine guarding systems for our clients. By utilizing a combination of 3D scanning and SolidWorks design, we are able to create custom machine guards for even the most complicated pieces of machinery. With our design team’s extensive experience in this area, we are confident that we can develop a guarding […]

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Designing a Highly Flexible Extrusion Press Positioning Table

Meeting challenging conditions in aging facilities is just what IDI did when designing this extrusion press positioning table.  The table needed to be flexible and close to the ground, as the shape of the extrusions handled are variable, the presses are not plumb or level, and the billets handled by the table could weigh up […]

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Direct Dry Chopped Strand and Packaging Project

PFD’s & P&ID’s 3D model in SolidWorks 2D detail drawings for fabrication, installation, conveyors, demolition, piping, electrical, and structural CAPEX/OPEX Cost Estimate Review Exhaust Duct Calculations Structural Design & Analysis Risk Assessment

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Ductwork With a Twist

  The TVA Bull Run Fossil Fuel Plant in Clinton, Tennessee, needed a final design for all new exhaust ductwork for two existing auxiliary boilers, but there was an unusual element to the job: the design of the duct sections needed to be based on a specific sequence of construction. IDI was asked to determine […]

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Egina RO Skid Design

Innovative Design, Inc. (IDI) provided engineering and design services for a reverse osmosis skid and a chlorine skid for this global water solutions manufacturing firm. Components including the RO equipment, pumps, valves, instruments, support structure, electrical, etc. were modeled in Solidworks 3D, including analysis of the frame and the process. Many of IDI’s employees have […]

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Fall Protection Systems

IDI has the capability to provide engineering and design services in accordance with OSHA/ANSI standards for personal fall arrest system anchorages/tie-off points for new and existing structures, guarding floor and wall openings, and the specification and performance criteria of ready-made components.

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Fan House Stack & Duct

IDI was contracted originally to perform conceptual and preliminary engineering and design for a new fan house, FRP Stack and Ductwork for the nuclear facility. The preliminary work included conceptual design layouts in 3D, preparation of scope of work documents for construction contractors and cost estimating. Approximately one year later the customer decided to engage […]

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Furnace Restraint Design & Build

Innovative Design, Inc. worked closely with the engineering manager and production and safety personnel for this manufacturer to develop a device capable of restraining a 28,000 # fusion furnace for potential impact in the event a furnace were to leap out of its current cradle. Once the design was completed, IDI teamed with H & […]

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Ion Exchange Water Treatment

3D piping models in Inventor 2D detail drawings for fabrication Calculations, Design & Static Analysis of Pipe Supports

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Keeping a Project on Schedule With Used Equipment

IDI recently completed a 100% start-to-finish project for a confidential nuclear client who needed to design a new process and fit it in an existing room. We took the client’s specifications and engaged a chemist and lab who built us a pilot plant for the process. The information gained enabled us to do a full […]

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Low Temperature Fluid System Design for CBD Manufacturing

Recently IDI worked on a Cannabidiol (CBD) extraction process design.  Part of the overall design was specifying a low temperature (-40°C) chiller system.  One of the major challenges of this system was related to requirements for the use of food grade cooling solutions. Typically, chiller systems are designed using Ethylene Glycol (EG) as a baseline […]

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Making Continuous Upgrades to a Sensible Chilled Water System

Spallation Neutron Source at Oak Ridge National Laboratory provides the most intense pulsed neutron beams for scientific research and industrial development of any facility on the planet. For more than fifteen years, it has relied on IDI for design support; over the last five year that’s included design support related to the periodic upgrades of […]

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Manufacturing Facility Laser Scan

The customer thought they had an accurate 2D AutoCAD drawing of their facility and equipment locations. When it came time to find room for a new process and equipment, they thought they knew where it would fit, according to the drawing. Unfortunately, because a couple of building columns hadn’t been located correctly in the drawing, […]

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Municipal Wastewater Treatment Plant Expansion

Cities large and small have wastewater treatment facilities serving their communities. With growing populations and increased regulations, upgrades and plant expansions are a necessary part of wastewater plant operations. IDI was contracted by an Ohio construction company to work on a project to develop a 3D piping model, fabrication details, and installation diagrams for a […]

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Precision Boilers for Major Central Plant Project

When a major distiller opens in Kentucky in 2021, it will rely on steam generated by two Precision Boilers for its whiskey distillation. Besides just providing packaged boilers, deaerator, blowdown separator, and fully custom PLCs, Precision was required to supply a more turnkey solution. IDI was engaged to design the entire system layout, which included the platforms and stairs […]

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Robotics Non-Destructive Aircraft Inspection

IDI was chosen to provide engineering, design, and technical writing services to assist Hill Air Force Base with the preparation of a Requirements Document in order to seek a source capable of the design, build, and installation of a Remotely Operated Robotic Non-Destructive Inspection (NDI) System. This system would inspect USAF Fighter Aircraft for structural […]

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Steam Plant DA Tank Process, Platform, and Piping

Innovative Design, Inc. (IDI) provided engineering and design services for the installation of an access mezzanine and process piping for a Deaerator tank at the steam plant. IDI performed field work to evaluate existing conditions and equipment, then designed an access mezzanine and routed utilities to and from the tank system including steam, condensate, water, […]

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Stock Feed Filtration System

The existing stock feed system for the process at this customer’s facility was lacking necessary filtration. Larger pieces of debris were slipping through the system and causing a multitude of problems to the downstream process. IDI was awarded the project to assist with the engineering and design of a filter system for 2 separate processes. […]

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Supporting the Electron Cyclotron Heating system for ITER’s Burning Plasma Mission

The international ITER fusion project now under assembly in France is designed to achieve an industrial scale 500 MW “burning plasma,” where fusion reaction dominates plasma heating. Creation and control of a burning plasma is considered an essential step for fusion energy development. The Electron Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive (ECH&CD or ECH) system performs […]

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Tramp Metal Collection from Conveyed Coal – Part 1 of 2

When a coal-fired power station needed a suspended electromagnet added above two existing conveyors, they chose IDI to modify the head end of each conveyor, design a tramp metal chute and design the steel structure to support the electromagnet.  Part 1 discusses the head end modifications and tramp metal chute design.  Part 2 will be […]

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Tramp Metal Collection from Conveyed Coal – Part 2 of 2

This is the second of a 2-part case study on using a suspended electromagnet to remove tramp metal from coal conveyors.  Part 1 (March 2021) discussed the head end modifications to the conveyor, and the tramp metal chute design.  The case study concludes with the steel structures and foundations used to support the electromagnets. Electromagnets […]

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Vapor Compression Distillation System PR02T

Innovative Design, Inc. (IDI) provided engineering and design services for a vapor compression distillation system for this global water solutions manufacturing firm. Components including the compressor, evaporator, boiler, piping, pumps, valves, instruments, support structure, electrical, etc. were modeled in Solidworks 3D, including analysis of the frame and the process. Many of IDI’s employees have had […]

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