Engineering

SMI Maatwerk has a skilled team of qualified engineers with a lot of knowledge and practical experience. With our team based approach, the best result of the product is guaranteed thanks to the wide range of perspectives our engineers create. As a result, we are able to develop your idea or drawing into a complete product with the highest precision and quality. The process begins at the design table, where we analyze the idea together with the client.

The engineers are actively thinking about the design, material selection and production process. With a custom-made drawing, our designers try to translate the wishes of the customer as best as possible into a suitable product.

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Quality and Durability

As engineering often represents the first step in the manufacturing and production process of metalworking, attention to detail and an understanding of the entire process are one of the most critical aspects of creating the products. By understanding the purpose and function of the product(s), our team can give a tailor made solutions for a high quality and durable product.

At the onset of a project, in fact, it’s not uncommon at SMI Maatwerk that a team of engineers is working on one project to create maximum synergy. Furthermore, as our engineers work on different projects, they use the experience gained in other markets and projects. Using these different ideas and perspectives to the fullest always offer the best possible solution.

In many instances, customers reach out to us with project prints in hand. From there, we’re able to create the parts they need. Other times, customers rely on us to reverse engineer a manufacturing component. To do this, our engineering team takes a product and tries to figure out exactly how it’s made and how it works. Our measuring tool can make an exact copy of the component.

Project Management

SMI’s talented and dedicated project management team stands ready to expertly assist our customers with all of their project needs, regardless of size or complexity. When presented with a large-scale manufacturing or metal fabrication project, we assign an experienced project engineer to plan, coordinate and facilitate all aspects of production ramp-up and implementation. The assigned engineer acts as a single point of contact for the customer, and is responsible for the establishment of timelines and all production planning.

Our design and manufacturing engineers use all of the latest technologies and programs to design tooling, fixtures and check gauges for each project. Our project management team has been a key contributor to our success and growth. Our project engineers work closely with our customers to ensure that all facets of a project run smoothly and efficiently from design to delivery, and that all desired objectives are met.

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REFERENCES

Telescopic Deck Crane

SMI Maatwerk has produced a telescopic deck crane for Hydromar. These deck cranes are ideal for lifting equipment such as tenders and jet skis to and from a superyacht. A deck crane offers the possibility to place equipment on deck or in the ship. Thanks to its telescopic section, the deck crane can be stored more compactly and offers a further range.

Hydromar

Leeuwarden - NL

Automatic Packaging

SMI Maatwerk is commissioned by Neopost Shipping to make the frames of the CVP-500 automated packaging solution machines. This fit-to-size packaging automation will size, construct, tape, weigh and label each custom order, creating the perfect package and eliminating the need for void fill materials. Resulting in a reduction of packaging materials. View the video here.

Neopost Shipping

Drachten - NL

Robot Profile Cutting Line

SMI Maatwerk produces a new PCL Robot Profile Cutting line for HGG. The PCL is a highly productive robot profile cutting line with edge cleaning, marking, home systems and CAD-CAM interfaces. This all makes the fully automatic operating machine a very innovative and highly productive machine.

HGG

Wieringerwerf - NL

Hulldoor

SMI Maatwerk is commissioned by Hydromar to produce two large hulldoors of 8 by 3 meters and 6 by 3 meters, which will be placed in a super yacht. Opening the side of the yacht offers an enormous amount of extra opportunities for the yacht, such as tender storage, beach clubs, or as a balcony.

Hydromar

Leeuwarden - NL

Conveyor Belt

The conveyor belt will replace a current system of the production process and is fully customized to fit between the other systems. Because the product will operate in the food industry the framework and other parts consists mainly out of stainless steel, it does not contain any gaps / seams and a drum motor is installed for maximum hygiene.

Fortuin

Dokkum - NL

Ocean Cleanup

SMI Maatwerk has produced the construction work of five specially designed floating weather stations that will be used for the Ocean Clean Up Project. The weather buoys, commissioned by Seatools, will perform functions such as navigation and provide detailed feedback on the performance of the Ocean Clean Up project. Read more

Seatools

Numansdorp - NL

Scissor Lifts

SMI Maatwerk has designed four scissor lifts for lifting tenders and lifeboats, weighing up to 10.000 kg, from the lower deck to the upper deck to make it possible for the crane to pick up the tender and lower it into the water. The four scissor lifts will operate in sets of 2, each on one side of the yacht.

Cramm

Berlikum - NL

Platform Seascape

The Seascape platform is one of the largest projects produced by SMI Maatwerk commissioned by Hydromar. The platform is for a new generation 5-star cruiseships specialy developped and designed for expeditions and which will give travellers new experiences. View here a short video of the platform.

Hydromar

Leeuwarden - NL

Telescopic mast

For Hydromar, a yacht equipment producer, SMI has produced a 10 meter long telescopic mast which can be used for a wide range of applications including navigation masts, antenna masts, flag masts, crane masts or light masts. As the mast has an important safety function on board, the product is according the highest norms.

Hydromar

Leeuwarden - NL

Pile Installation Frame

SMI has produced the 64 hydraulic guiding systems for the pile installation frame for seatools. The installation frame makes it possible to create a perfect alligned foundation for windmills on sea. The systems guids the four foundation piles to the required location and vertically straight in the seafloor on which the windmills will be build.

Seatools

Numansdorp - NL

Super yachtdoor

Opening up the side of the yacht offers a huge amount of additional possibilities to the yacht, such as tender storage, beach clubs and others. Cramm doors are highly reliable even under the toughest sea conditions. The design of the yacht door is based on a 3D model of the client’s yacht, and custom-made in aluminium, steel or stainless steel to enable differing shapes, sizes and weights.