Abraham Associates are Mechanical Design Engineers based on the East side of Southampton, Hampshire. We specialise in Mechanical Engineering Design and Consultancy developing mechanical, electronic and electro-mechanical products. These vary from low volume high value to high volume low cost. Our service covers product design from concept, including Industrial Design to prototype and manufacture. Rapid prototyping in its many forms is used to satisfy each project requirement. This may be design validation, simulating a particular material or a fully finished and working model. For manufacture we cover expertise in most production processes and have regular contact with vendors in these industries in the UK, Europe and China. With our computer generated models and images, marketing and documentation information is available early in the project and before any physical model offering many commercial advantages. We aim to accommodate our customers particular needs by establishing the most appropriate methods of communication, supply of information and assistance. Part of this communication is via electronic data, and the internet but we place great value on the need for face-to-face meetings at appropriate times.

Past projects have included:  

• A patented high speed, precision seed counter.
  Sutton Seeds  
• Mobile telecom handsets and accessories.
  Orbitel (now Ericsson)  
• Vehicle mounted and handheld trunked cellular mobile radio products.
  Securicor  
• High resolution scanner for the publishing industry.
  Crossfield Electronics (now Fuji Film Electronic Imaging)  
• Micro base stations for the 3G telecom infrastructure.
  Siemens  
• Vending machine coin changer and validation mechanisms.
  Mars Electronics  
• Aircraft door and cabin training simulators.
  RP Aero Systems  
• High precision production machines (servowriters) for the computer hard disc manufacturing industry. Operating in a cleanroom class 100 environment.
  Xyratex (formerly IBM)  
• Large structure and precision sensor array to be used at exposed coastal sites in connection with examining the contents of freight vehicles.
  Siemens

• Our main CAD system for Mechanical Engineering Design is SolidWorks Premium 
• Structures and mechanisms 
• Product Design 
• Industrial Design 
• Design services covering: 3D solid and surface modelling with full drawing package output. Images generated from 3D product data for product documention such as manufacturing instructions, product brochures, marketing/advertising and user manuals etc.  
• Special purpose machine design 
• The mechanical aspects of electro-mechanical products 
• Component design and development using rapid prototyping 
• Trouble shooting technical product problems and post design support 
• Design for most production processes including: sheet metal, welded fabrication, die casting, plastic and elastomer injection moulded components, machined and precision machined components. 

We offer a complete product design service from concept, through prototyping and on to production.