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Powered Roller Conveyor Line

NOVA Design has recently completed an upgrade project for Network Rail. The project involved the upgrade to a Powered Roller Conveyor system in a service depot.The upgrade included static PRBs’ – PRB’s mounted on floor rails – PRB’s mounted onto new Pneumatic Lifters to fit in around the existing adjacent equipment. This project was carried…

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NOVA increase Autodesk Inventor Professional 2024 capacity

Due to an increase in demand recently for Mechanical Design & Draughting services, we have increased our capacity of Autodesk Inventor Professional 2024 software. If you are looking for additional CAD Design Support for Mechanical Design or Mechanical Detailing of 2d manufacturing drawings, then feel free to get in touch and we will discuss how…

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Steel Tube Handling Equipment

    NOVA Design has recently been awarded a project to supply the Mechanical Design upgrade of a steel tube handling line for a UK Steel Plant. The project will involve upgrades to various conveyor and handling equipment. We are pleased to be involved in such a major investment at a UK production facility. If…

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Latest Steelwork Detailing

Quick illustration of a recent Steelwork Detailing project. A Mezzanine Level Platform within a new Automotive warehouse expansion. Taken from the Structural Engineers layout to a completed set of detailed manufacturing drawings using Autodesk Inventor CAD software.

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NOVA Are Recruiting!

With UK manufacturing ramping up, Nova Design are once again recruiting and have exciting opportunities available for a number of enthusiastic mechanical design engineers and detail CAD draughtspersons to join our internal design team. You will be based in our modern 40 seat design office in Kingswinford, West Midlands. Upcoming design projects include : Design…

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Nova Achieve Cyber Essentials Certification

Not a bad way to start a Monday morning Nova Design has achieved the requirements of the UK Government’s Cyber Essentials scheme and are now certified and on the Cyber Essentials register. The Cyber Essentials scheme has been developed by Government and industry to provide a clear statement of the basic controls all organisations should…

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Wednesday’s CAD Humour

It might only be CAD humour and a light hearted smile within the engineering design industry but we honestly think the closest some of our younger mechanical design engineers have come to a drawing board is by undertaking a Google image search …… The above is just an example of CAD humour, but nowadays, all…

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Why Outsource Design Engineering Projects?

Have you ever considered using an outsource design engineering office ? Many engineering and manufacturing companies may not see or fully understand the benefits of using an external resource to outsource design engineering work to, or may not like to consider it as an option. There is often a fear of not having control over an…

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Happy 32nd Birthday Nova

Over 3 decades of providing mechanical engineering design services to UK industry 32 Years Old – Happy Birthday To Nova Albeit in the middle of a global pandemic with all of our design engineering staff working remotely, 1 August 2020 sees Nova Design Limited celebrating 32 years in the business of providing sub-contract mechanical engineering design…

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Happy Birthday To Nova Design – Nova Reaches 31 Years Old

Over 3 decades of providing sub-contract mechanical engineering design services to UK industry 31 Years Old – Happy Birthday To Us 1 August 2019 sees Nova Design celebrating 31 years in business, all this time providing subcontract mechanical design services to a variety of engineering industries across the West Midlands, the UK and into Europe.…

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Ever Considered Outsourcing Engineering Design Projects?

Have you ever considered using an outsource design engineering office ? Many engineering and manufacturing companies may not see or fully understand the benefits of using an external resource to outsource design engineering work to, or may not like to consider it as an option. There is often a fear of not having control over an…

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Rolls-Royce To Open New £250 Million Facility

Rolls-Royce to lead the regeneration of the surplus areas of its site at Ansty, near Coventry, proposing a 2m sq ft industrial scheme with a gross development value of in excess of £250m. The scheme is intended to complement and extend the success of Ansty Park by providing land and buildings for the manufacturing community.…

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